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PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-101400060958
ISBN-139781400060955
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Book TitleWar like No Other : How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicMilitary / Ancient, Ancient / Greece
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorVictor Davis Hanson
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.4 in
Item Weight23.8 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.4 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-062892
Dewey Edition22
TitleLeadingA
Reviews"The age of Pericles was also a time of famine, pestilence and atrocity: a 'Thirty Year Slaughter.' In order to understand the lesson this offers for civilization, one must try to feel it as the Greeks felt it, and reflect it as they did. In this dual task, Victor Davis Hanson once again demonstrates that his qualifications are unrivalled." Christopher Hitchens, author of Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays "This book will immediately become the standard companion volume in English to Thucydides' Peloponnesian Wars. Its own battle narratives are unexcelled; but its singular merit is its comprehensive and detailed description of how the actual fighting was done, how generals led, and why each sideSparta and Athenswent to war. The author is a man of action and a practicing farmer as well as the premier classical historian and military commentator of our day." Josiah Bunting III, author of Ulysses S. Grant "The Peloponnesian War was grand and tragic but the sheer misery of those who experienced it has often been overlookeduntil now. From death by trampling to cannibalism, from preteen-sized knights on ponies to deformed and ghostly plague survivors, from elegant galleys to bloodbaths in waterlogged death traps, the dark cones of classical combat are all brought to light by Hanson. This is a groundbreaking book by a great historian." Barry Strauss, author of The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greeceand Western Civilization, " The age of Pericles was also a time of famine, pestilence and atrocity: a ' Thirty Year Slaughter.' In order to understand the lesson this offers for civilization, one must try to feel it as the Greeks felt it, and reflect it as they did. In this dual task, Victor Davis Hanson once again demonstrates that his qualifications are unrivalled." - Christopher Hitchens, author of Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays " This book will immediately become the standard companion volume in English to Thucydides' Peloponnesian Wars. Its own battle narratives are unexcelled; but its singular merit is its comprehensive and detailed description of how the actual fighting was done, how generals led, and why each side- Sparta and Athens- went to war. The author is a man of action and a practicing farmer as well as the premier classical historian and military commentator of our day." - Josiah Bunting III, author of Ulysses S. Grant" " " The Peloponnesian War was grand and tragic but the sheer misery of those who experienced it has often been overlooked- until now. From death by trampling to cannibalism, from preteen-sized knights on ponies to deformed and ghostly plague survivors, from elegant galleys to bloodbaths in waterlogged death traps, the dark cones of classical combat are all brought to light by Hanson. This is a groundbreaking book by a great historian." - Barry Strauss, author of The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece- and Western Civilization, "The age of Pericles was also a time of famine, pestilence and atrocity: a 'Thirty Year Slaughter.' In order to understand the lesson this offers for civilization, one must try to feel it as the Greeks felt it, and reflect it as they did. In this dual task, Victor Davis Hanson once again demonstrates that his qualifications are unrivalled." -Christopher Hitchens, author of Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays "This book will immediately become the standard companion volume in English to Thucydides' Peloponnesian Wars. Its own battle narratives are unexcelled; but its singular merit is its comprehensive and detailed description of how the actual fighting was done, how generals led, and why each side-Sparta and Athens-went to war. The author is a man of action and a practicing farmer as well as the premier classical historian and military commentator of our day." -Josiah Bunting III, author of Ulysses S. Grant" "The Peloponnesian War was grand and tragic but the sheer misery of those who experienced it has often been overlooked-until now. From death by trampling to cannibalism, from preteen-sized knights on ponies to deformed and ghostly plague survivors, from elegant galleys to bloodbaths in waterlogged death traps, the dark cones of classical combat are all brought to light by Hanson. This is a groundbreaking book by a great historian." -Barry Strauss, author of The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece-and Western Civilization
Dewey Decimal938.05
SynopsisOne of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other. Over the course of a generation, the Hellenic city-states of Athens and Sparta fought a bloody conflict that resulted in the collapse of Athens and the end of its golden age. Thucydides wrote the standard history of the Peloponnesian War, which has given readers throughout the ages a vivid and authoritative narrative. But Hanson offers readers something new: a complete chronological account that reflects the political background of the time, the strategic thinking of the combatants, the misery of battle in multifaceted theaters, and important insight into how these events echo in the present. Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato. Hanson's perceptive analysis of events and personalities raises many thought-provoking questions: Were Athens and Sparta like America and Russia, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East? Or was it more likeAmerica's own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this century's "red state--blue state" schism between liberals and conservatives, a cultural war that manifestly controls military policies? Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present. Brilliantly researched, dynamically written, A War Like No Other is like no other history of this important war., One of our most provocative military historians, Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the twenty-first century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other. Over the course of a generation, the Hellenic city-states of Athens and Sparta fought a bloody conflict that resulted in the collapse of Athens and the end of its golden age. Thucydides wrote the standard history of the Peloponnesian War, which has given readers throughout the ages a vivid and authoritative narrative. But Hanson offers readers something new: a complete chronological account that reflects the political background of the time, the strategic thinking of the combatants, the misery of battle in multifaceted theaters, and important insight into how these events echo in the present. Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and nonconventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato. Hanson's perceptive analysis of events and personalities raises many thought-provoking questions: Were Athens and Sparta like America and Russia, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East? Or was it more like America's own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this century's "red state-blue state" schism between liberals and conservatives, a cultural war that manifestly controls military policies? Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present. Brilliantly researched, dynamically written, A War Like No Other is like no other history of this important war., Using his tremendous scholarship and literary skills, Victor Davis Hanson brings the devastating seven-year conflict between the Athenians and Spartans, known as the Peloponnesian War, back to absorbing life. 16-page photo insert.
LC Classification NumberDF229.H36 2005
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- 24. Sep. 2019
Well worth reading
I bought this book because I read the author's book The Second World Wars, which I thought was fantastic. War Like No Other is very interesting. I knew very little about the Peloponnesian War, so for me I was plowing new ground. The author arranges the chapters by subject rather than chronology. Walls, Terror, Armour, etc. Personally I kind of like it when an author does not pedantically stick to delivering everything in chron order. Thus far the book has been very enlightening, but has also tended to be a bit repetitious, repeating in subsequent chapters things that have already been covered in earlier chapters, albeit in regard to different subjects. These are the only two books I have read by this author, and War Like No Other is one of his earlier books, whereas Second World Wars is pretty recent. So it may be a matter of the author becoming a better writer and less professorial.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Nov. 2020
So many unknown facts on how the Greeks waged war
Victor Davis Hanson's book on the war of Sparta vs Athens is truly outstanding. He covers the many different ways the war was waged. Land battles, sea battles, etc. How it was to be in the middle of a phalanx, how it was to be on the bottom row of their trireme's. How their allies aligned with each of them. How horses were used, how crops came into play, the many ways the combatants died and the most startling fact is who won. As a military buff, this book is the top of the list on ancient warfare of the Greeks.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 10. Jun. 2020
Great read
Arrived quickly. Victor Hanson gives a great read with a different take on a very interesting time in history.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 18. Mai. 2024
Gently used.
Gently used.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 29. Mai. 2024
Great. Thanks
Great. ThanksBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
