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Loading... The Wars of the Ancient Greeks (1999)by Victor Davis Hanson
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is a splendid little volume in the great Smithsonian series of books. Hanson summarily surveys the wars of the ancient Greeks. The volume has abundant illustrations, many in full color, useful maps and well-done, realistic maps of battles. There is a great deal of helpful information packed in a small work. no reviews | add a review
The Ancient Greeks--who believed that war is the most important thing humans do--bequeathed to the West an incomparable military legacy that still influences the structure of armies and doctrine. Understand the reasons why their unique approach to fighting was so successful and so relentless, its role at the heart of classical culture, the rise of the city state, agrarian duels, the emergence of Athenian and Spartan power, the development of war as a specialized science, and the collapse of Greek warfare after Alexander the Great. 224 pages, 70 color illus., 80 b/w illus., 7 3/4 x 10 3/8. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)355.00938Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Military Science Biography And History Ancient WorldLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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