00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217612712782 Buklod 20230411003906.0 a r |||| u| ta 180327s xx d r |||| u| 0142004375 (paperback) 0670032115 (hardcover) (iLib)UPD-00360916368 OCLC DMLS rda eng DMLUC DF 229 K34 2004 Kagan, Donald author. The Peloponnesian War Donald Kagan. New York Penguin Books 2004. xxvii, 511 pages illustrations, maps 22 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction --pt. 1. The road to war -- ch. 1. The great rivalry (479-439) -- ch. 2."A quarrel in a far-away country (436-433) -- ch. 3. Enter Athens (433-432) -- ch. 4. The decisions for war (432) -- pt. 2. Pericles' war -- ch 5. War aims and resources (432-431) -- ch. 6. The Theban attack on Plataea (431) -- ch. 7. The plague (430-429) -- ch. 8. Pericles' last days (429) -- ch. 9. Rebellion in the Empire (428-427) -- ch. 10. Terror and adventure (427) -- pt. 3. New strategies -- ch. 11. Demonstenes and the new strategy (426) -- ch. 12. Pylos and Sphacteria (425) -- ch. 13. Athens on the offensive : Megara and Delium (424) -- ch. 14. Brasidas' Thracian campaign (424-423) -- ch. 15. The coming of peace (422-421) -- pt. 4. The false peace -- ch. 16. The peace unravels (421-420) -- ch. 17. The alliance of Athens and Argos (420-418) -- ch. 18. The battle of Mantinea (418) -- ch. 19. After Mantinea : politics and policy at Sparta and Athens (418-416) -- pt. 5. The disaster in Sicily -- ch. 20. The decision (416-415) -- ch. 21. The home front and the first campaigns (415) -- ch. 22. The first attack on Syracuse (415) -- ch. 23. The siege of Syracuse (414) -- ch. 24. The besiegers besieged (414-413) -- ch. 25. Defeat and destruction (413) -- pt. 6. Revolutions in the Empire and in Athens -- ch. 26. After the disaster (413-412) -- ch. 27. War in the Aegean (412-411) -- ch. 28. The revolutionary movement (411) -- ch. 29. The coup (411) -- ch. 30. The four hundred in power (411) -- ch 31. The five thousand (411) -- ch. 32. War in the Hellespont (411-410) -- pt. 7. The fall of Athens -- ch. 33. The restoration (410-409) -- ch. 34. The return of Alcibiades (409-408) -- ch. 35. Cyrus, Lysander, and the fall of Alcibiades (408-406) -- ch. 36. Arginusae (406) -- ch. 37. The fall of Athens (405-404) -- Conclusion -- Sources for the history of the Peloponnesian War -- Index. 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 military historians, here presents a new account of this vicious war of Greek against Greek, Athenian against Spartan. The Peloponnesian War is a magisterial work of history written for general readers, offering a fresh examination of a pivotal moment in Western civilization. With a lively, readable narrative that conveys a richly detailed portrait of a vanished world while honoring its timeless relevance. The Peloponnesian War is a chronicle of the rise and fall of a great empire and of a dark time whose lessons still resonate today. One of the world's foremost historians presents a fresh look at the greatest war of ancient Greece and a pivotal moment in Western civilization that still resonates today. Greece History Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. Book FO UPD DMLS DF 229 K34 2004 Book