Makers of ancient strategy : from the Persian wars to the fall of Rome

Makers of ancient strategy : from the Persian wars to the fall of Rome /

In this prequel to the now-classic Makers of Modern Strategy, Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prominent thinkers to explore key facets of warfare, strategy, and foreign policy in the Greco-Roman world. From the Persian Wars to the final defense of the Roma...

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Other Authors: Hanson, Victor Davis
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Subjects:
To 500
Geschichte
Military art and science > History > To 500.
Military history, Ancient.
HISTORY > Military > Strategy.
HISTORY / Ancient / General
Warfare and Defence.
Military art and science
Military history, Ancient
Antike
Strategie
Feldherr
Krieg
Griechenland > Altertum
Römisches Reich
Griechenland (Altertum)
Römisches Reich.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • From Persia with love : propaganda and imperial overreach in the Greco-Persian Wars / Tom Holland
  • Pericles, Thucydides, and the defense of empire / Donald Kagan
  • Why fortifications endure : A case study of the walls of Athens during the classical period / David L. Berkey
  • Epaminondas the Theban and the doctrine of preemptive war / Victor Davis Hanson
  • Alexander the Great, nation building, and the creation and maintenance of empire / Ian Worthington
  • Urban warfare in the classical Greek world / John W.I. Lee
  • Counterinsurgency and the enemies of Rome / Susan Mattern
  • Slave wars of Greece and Rome / Barry Strauss
  • Julius Caesar and the general as state
  • Adrian Goldsworthy
  • Holding the line : frontier defense and the later Roman Empire
  • Peter J. Heather.

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