The Peloponnesian War

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For three decades in the fifth century b.c. the ancient world was torn apart by a conflict that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: the Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the world’s most respected classical, political, and... read more

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Pericles, Alcibiades, Thrasybulus: The Peloponnesian War, Sparta vs. Athens

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“In general, it is the nature of man to despise flattery and admire firmness.”
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THE WORLD OF THE GREEKS extended from scattered cities on the south coast of Spain at the far western end of the Mediterranean to the eastern shore of the Black Sea in the east.

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Introduction

Part One
THE ROAD TO WAR

CHAPTER ONE: The Great Rivalry (479-439*)
CHAPTER TWO: “A Quarrel in a Far-away Country” (430-433)
CHAPTER THREE: Enter Athens (433-432)
CHAPTER FOUR: The Decisions for War (432)

Part Two
PERICLES’ WAR

CHAPTER FIVE: War Aims and Resources (432-431)
CHAPTER SIX: The Theban Attack on Plataea (431)
CHAPTER SEVEN: The Plague (430-429)
CHAPTER EIGHT: Pericles’ Last Days (429)
CHAPTER NINE: Rebellion in the Empire (428-427)
CHAPTER TEN: Terror and Adventure (427)

Part Three
NEW STRATEGIES

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Demosthenes and the New Strategy (426)
CHAPTER TWELVE: Pylos and Sphateria (425)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Athens on the Offensive: Megara and Delium (424)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Brasidas’ Thracian Campaign (424-423)
CHAPTER FIFTEEN: The Coming of Peace (422-421)

Part Four
THE FALSE PEACE

CHAPTER SIXTEEN: The Peace Unravels (421-420)
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN: The Alliance of Athens and Argos (420-418)
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN: The Battle of Mantinea (418)
CHAPTER NINETEEN: After Mantinea: Politics and Policy at Sparta and Athens (418-416)

Part Five
THE DISASTER IN SICILY

CHAPTER TWENTY: The Decision (416-415)
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE: The Home Front and the First Campaigns (415)
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO: The First Attack on Syracuse (415)
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: The Siege of Syracuse (414)
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: The Besiegers Besieged (414-413)
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE: Defeat and Destruction (413)

Part Six
REVOLUTIONS IN THE EMPIRE AND IN ATHENS

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX: After the Disaster (413-412)
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN: War in the Aegean (412-411)
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT: The Revolutionary Movement (411)
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE: The Coup (411)
CHAPTER THIRTY: The Four Hundred in Power (411)
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE: The Five Thousand (411)
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO: War in the Hellespont (411-410)

Part Seven
THE FALL OF ATHENS

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE: The Restoration (410-409)
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR: The Return of Alcibiades (409-408)
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE: Cyrus, Lysander, and the Fall of Alcibiades (408-406)
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX: Arginusae (406)
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN: The Fall of Athens (405-404)

Conclusion

Sources for the History of the Peloponnesian War
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Original Language: English
Publisher: Viking
Country: United States of America
Publication Date: 2003
ISBN: 0-670-03211-5
Page Count: 511

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Dewey: 938.05

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