Thucydides On The Outbreak Of War
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Thucydides on the Outbreak of War
Author | : S. N. Jaffe |
Publsiher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 249 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780198716280 |
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The cause of great power war is a perennial issue for the student of politics. Some 2,400 years ago, in his monumental History of the Peloponnesian War, Thucydides wrote that it was the growth of Athenian power and the fear that this power inspired in Sparta which rendered the Peloponnesian War somehow necessary, inevitable, or compulsory. In this new political psychological study of Thucydides' first book, S.N. Jaffe shows how the History's account of the outbreak of the war ultimately points toward the opposing characters of the Athenian and Spartan regimes, disclosing a Thucydidean preoccupation with the interplay between nature and convention. Jaffe explores how the character of the contest between Athens and Sparta, or how the outbreak of a particular war, can reveal Thucydides' account of the recurring human causes of war and peace. The political thought of Thucydides proves bound up with his distinctive understanding of the interrelationship of particular events and more universal themes.
The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War
Author | : Donald Kagan |
Publsiher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 439 |
Release | : 2013-01-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780801467219 |
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The first volume of Donald Kagan's acclaimed four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War offers a new evaluation of the origins and causes of the conflict, based on evidence produced by modern scholarship and on a careful reconsideration of the ancient texts. He focuses his study on the question: Was the war inevitable, or could it have been avoided? Kagan takes issue with Thucydides' view that the war was inevitable, that the rise of the Athenian Empire in a world with an existing rival power made a clash between the two a certainty. Asserting instead that the origin of the war "cannot, without serious distortion, be treated in isolation from the internal history of the states involved," Kagan traces the connections between domestic politics, constitutional organization, and foreign affairs. He further examines the evidence to see what decisions were made that led to war, at each point asking whether a different decision would have been possible.
Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War
Author | : Donald Kagan |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 419 |
Release | : 1969 |
Genre | : Greece |
ISBN | : OCLC:819683566 |
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The Peloponnesian War
Author | : Donald Kagan |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins UK |
Total Pages | : 561 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780007115068 |
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The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is an immensely readable, brilliant, brutal and vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece.
Thucydides on Choice and Decision Making
Author | : Ilias Kouskouvelis |
Publsiher | : Lexington Books |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2018-11-05 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9781498567404 |
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This book uncovers Thucydides’ decision making schemata and his thinking on how people decide, particularly when in power or war. Based on these ideas, the author interprets the outbreak of the Peloponnesian war and the Sicilian expedition, and shows that they were a result of decision making and, thus, not inevitable.
History of the Peloponnesian War
Author | : Thucydides |
Publsiher | : Great Minds |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1573922161 |
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The Peloponnesian War (431-404 b.c.e.) was the greatest "disturbance" in Greek history to that time. The bitter rivalry between the two chief city-states, Athens and Sparta, and their respective allies ended with the ruin of Athens' naval hegemony and what the Greek historian Thucydides (ca. 460-400 b.c.e.) called a "convulsion" affecting all humankind. Thucydides recreates the often savage events of the war and brings to life its chief protagonists: Pericles, Nicias, Cleon, Alcibiades, and others. The first of the "scientific" historians, Thucydides makes use of documentary material and relies on eyewitness accounts; even where direct documentary evidence is lacking, his keen understanding of human nature helps him to uncover the truth of what actually happened.
The History of the Peloponnesian War
Author | : Thucydides |
Publsiher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 461 |
Release | : 1965 |
Genre | : Greece |
ISBN | : 9781465581570 |
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The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War The Archidamian War The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition and The Fall of the Athenian Empire
Author | : Donald Kagan |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 1991-10-01 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 0801426936 |
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