Makers of ancient strategy : from the Persian wars to the fall of Rome /
"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 Roman Empire, Makers of Ancient Strategy demonstrates that t...
| Други автори: | Hanson, Victor Davis. |
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| Формат: | Книга |
| Език: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
c2010.
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Inhaltsverzeichnis Book jacket |
Съдържание:
- 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.