The Peloponnesian War: A New Translation, Backgrounds, Interpretations

The Peloponnesian War: A New Translation, Backgrounds, Interpretations
ISBN-10
0393971678
ISBN-13
9780393971675
Series
The Peloponnesian War
Category
History
Pages
554
Language
English
Published
1998
Publisher
W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Author
Thucydides

Description

Thucydides' military and diplomatic acumen, his understanding of human psychology, and his narrative skill have shaped the writing of history for over two thousand years. "Backgrounds and Contexts" provides supplementary selections from Xenophon, Herodotus, Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, and twentieth-century journalist, Walter Karp. "Interpretations" includes richly varied assessments of Thucydides by Theodor Gomperz, Francis M. Cornford, Charles N. Chochrane, R. G. Collingwood, Albert Cook, Cynthia Farrar, Adam Parry, Glen Bowersock, Robert Gilpin, Michael Doyle, and Gregory Crane. The edition also includes fourteen maps, a chronology, a glossary, a selected bibliography, and an index.

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