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This book, the second volume in Donald Kagan's tetralogy about the Peloponnesian War, is a provocative and tightly argued history of the first ten years of the war. Taking a chronological approach that allows him to present at each stage the choices that were open to both sides in the conflict, Kagan focuses on political, economic, diplomatic, and military developments. He evaluates the strategies used by both sides and reconsiders the roles played by several key individuals.Tags
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Donald Kagan, Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- The Archidamian War
- Original publication date
- 1974
- People/Characters
- Pericles; Demosthenes; Cleon; Nicias
- Important places
- Athens, Greece; Delphi, Greece; Corinth, Greece; Sparta, Greece; Boeotia
- Important events
- Peloponnesian War
- Dedication
- For Myrna
Classifications
- Genres
- History, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 938.05 — History & geography History of ancient world (to ca. 499) Greece to 323 Greece to 323 Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC)
- LCC
- DF229.3 .K33 — History of Europe, Asia, Africa and Oceania Greece History of Greece History By period Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
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- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 5
- ASINs
- 2
