The Landmark Thucydides
Author: Thucydides
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2008-04
Total Pages: 760
ISBN-13: 1416590870
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Chronicles two decades of war between Athens and Sparta.
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On Justice, Power & Human Nature
Author: Thucydides
Publisher: Hackett Publishing Company Incorporated
Published: 1993
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9780872201699
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Designed for students with little or no background in ancient Greek language and culture, this collection of extracts from The History of the Peloponnesian War includes those passages that shed most light on Thucydides' political theory--famous as well as important but lesser-known pieces frequently overlooked by nonspecialists. Newly translated into spare, vigorous English, and situated within a connective narrative framework, Woodruff's selections will be of special interest to instructors in political theory and Greek civilization. Includes maps, notes, glossary.
Apologies to Thucydides
Author: Marshall Sahlins
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 2004-12
Total Pages: 349
ISBN-13: 0226734005
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Thucydides’s Trap?
Author: Steve Chan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2020-01-06
Total Pages: 268
ISBN-13: 0472131702
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BCE) ostensibly arose because of the fear that a rising Athens would threaten Sparta’s power in the Mediterranean. The idea of Thucydides’ Trap warns that all rising powers threaten established powers. As China increases its power relative to the United States, the theory argues, the two nations are inevitably set on a collision course toward war. How enlightening is an analogy based on the ancient Greek world of 2,500 years ago for understanding contemporary international relations? How accurate is the depiction of the history of other large armed conflicts, such as the two world wars, as a challenge mounted by a rising power to displace an incumbent hegemon?Thucydides’s Trap?: Historical Interpretation, Logic of Inquiry, and the Future of Sino-American Relations offers a critique of the claims of Thucydides’s Trap and power-transition theory. It examines past instances of peaceful accommodation to uncover lessons that can ease the frictions in ongoing Sino-American relations.
Stories from Thucydides
Author: Thucydides
Publisher: Good Press
Published: 2019-11-22
Total Pages: 193
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Stories from Thucydides" by Thucydides Thucydides was an Athenian historian, general, and storyteller. This collection of his tales contains: Corinth and Corcyra, The Surprise of Plataea, The Plague at Athens, Investment of Plataea, Naval Victories of Phormio, The Revolt of Lesbos, Escape of Two Hundred Plataeans. Fall of Plataea, Capture of a Hundred and Twenty Spartans at Sphacteria, Campaigns of Brasidas in Thrace, The Hollow Peace, and The Athenians in Sicily.
Tides of War
Author: Steven Pressfield
Publisher: Bantam
Published: 2007-01-30
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 055390406X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Narrated from death row by Alcibiades’ bodyguard and assassin, a man whose own love and loathing for his former commander mirrors the mixed emotions felt by all Athens, Tides of War tells an epic saga of an extraordinary century, a war that changed history, and a complex leader who seduced a nation. Brilliant at war, a master of politics, and a charismatic lover, Alcibiades was Athens’ favorite son and the city’s greatest general. A prodigal follower of Socrates, he embodied both the best and the worst of the Golden Age of Greece. A commander on both land and sea, he led his armies to victory after victory. But like the heroes in a great Greek tragedy, he was a victim of his own pride, arrogance, excess, and ambition. Accused of crimes against the state, he was banished from his beloved Athens, only to take up arms in the service of his former enemies. For nearly three decades, Greece burned with war and Alcibiades helped bring victories to both sides — and ended up trusted by neither. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession. Praise for Tides of War “Pressfield’s battlefield scenes rank with the most convincing ever written.”—USA Today “Pressfield serves up not just hair-raising battle scenes . . . but many moments of valor and cowardice, lust and bawdy humor. . . . Even more impressively, he delivers a nuanced portrait of ancient athens.”—Esquire “Unabashedly brilliant, epic, intelligent, and moving.”—Kirkus Reviews “Pressfield’s attention to historic detail is exquisite. . . . This novel will remain with the reader long after the final chapter is finished.”—Library Journal “Astounding, historically accurate tale . . . Pressfield is a master storyteller, especially adept in his graphic and embracing descriptions of the land and naval battles, political intrigues and colorful personalities, which come together in an intense and credible portrait of war-torn Greece.”—Publishers Weekly
Stories from Thucydides
Author: Thucydides
Publisher: DigiCat
Published: 2022-08-15
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Stories from Thucydides" by Thucydides. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Stories from Thucydides
Author: H. L. Havell
Publisher:
Published: 2006-08
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 140683386X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
Thucydides
How to Think about War
Author: Thucydides
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2019-02-05
Total Pages: 332
ISBN-13: 0691190151
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →An accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides’s History that takes readers to the heart of his profound insights on diplomacy, foreign policy, and war Why do nations go to war? What are citizens willing to die for? What justifies foreign invasion? And does might always make right? For nearly 2,500 years, students, politicians, political thinkers, and military leaders have read the eloquent and shrewd speeches in Thucydides’s History of the Peloponnesian War for profound insights into military conflict, diplomacy, and the behavior of people and countries in times of crisis. How to Think about War presents the most influential and compelling of these speeches in an elegant new translation by classicist Johanna Hanink, accompanied by an enlightening introduction, informative headnotes, and the original Greek on facing pages. The result is an ideally accessible introduction to Thucydides’s long and challenging History. Thucydides intended his account of the clash between classical Greece’s mightiest powers—Athens and Sparta—to be a “possession for all time.” Today, it remains a foundational work for the study not only of ancient history but also contemporary politics and international relations. How to Think about War features speeches that have earned the History its celebrated status—all of those delivered before the Athenian Assembly, as well as Pericles’s funeral oration and the notoriously ruthless “Melian Dialogue.” Organized by key debates, these complex speeches reveal the recklessness, cruelty, and realpolitik of Athenian warfighting and imperialism. The first English-language collection of speeches from Thucydides in nearly half a century, How to Think about War takes readers straight to the heart of this timeless thinker.
