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A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and Spartans... |
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.
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| List of Maps | | xi | | | Prologue | | xiii | | | CHAPTER 1. FEAR Why Sparta Fought Athens (480-431) | | 3 | | | CHAPTER 2. FIRE The War Against the Land (431-425) | | 35 | | | CHAPTER 3. DISEASE The Ravages of the Plague at Athens (430-426) | | 65 | | | CHAPTER 4. TERROR War in the Shadows (431-421) | | 89 | | | CHAPTER 5. ARMOR Hoplite Pitched Battles (424-418) | | 123 | | | CHAPTER 6. WALLS Sieges (431-415) | | 163 | | | CHAPTER 7. HORSES The Disaster at Sicily (415-413) | | 201 | | | CHAPTER 8. SHIPS The War at Sea (431-404) | | 235 | | | CHAPTER 9. CLIMAX Trireme Fighting in the Aegean (411-405) | | 271 | | | CHAPTER 10. RUIN? Winners and Losers (404-403) | | 289 | | | Appendix I: Glossary of Terms and Places | | 315 | | | Appendix II: Key People | | 319 | | | Notes | | 323 | | | Works Cited | | 381 | | | Index | | 387 | |
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