New history of the Peloponnesian War

New history of the Peloponnesian War / Donald Kagan.

A New History of the Peloponnesian War is an ebook-only omnibus edition that includes all four volumes of Donald Kagan's acclaimed account of the war between Athens and Sparta (431-404 B.C.): The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War, The Archidamian War, The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedi...

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Main Author: Kagan, Donald
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
431-404 B.C.
History > Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. > Greece.
HISTORY > Military > General.
HISTORY > Ancient > Greece.
Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
Greece
History
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Table of Contents:
  • NEW HISTORY OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
  • THE OUTBREAK OF THE PELOPONNESIAN WAR
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Abbreviations and Short Titles
  • Introduction
  • Part One The Alliance System and the Division of the Greek World
  • 1. The Spartan Alliance
  • 2. The Origins of the Athenian Empire
  • 3. Sparta after the Persian War
  • 4. Athens after the Persian War
  • Part Two The First Peloponnesian War
  • 5. The War in Greece
  • 6. The Crisis in the Aegean
  • 7. The End of the War
  • Part Three The Years of Peace
  • 8. Athenian Politics: The Victory of Pericles
  • 9. Athens and the West: The Foundation of Thurii10. The Samian Rebellion
  • II. The Consolidation of the Empire
  • 12. Athenian Politics on the Eve of the War
  • Part Four The Final Crisis
  • 13. Epidamnus
  • 14. Corcyra
  • 15. Megara
  • 16. Potidaea
  • 17. Sparta
  • 18. Athens
  • Part Five Conclusions
  • 19. The Causes of the War
  • 20. Thucydides and the Inevitability of the War
  • Appendixes
  • A. The Willingness of the Members of the Delian League to Accept Athenian Leadership
  • B. The Historicity of Diodorus' Account of the Spartan Assembly in 475
  • C. Chronology of Events between ca. 470â€?453 D. Reconstruction of the Athenian Tribute Lists
  • E. The Papyrus Decree
  • F. The Foundation of Thurii
  • G. Athenian Actions in the West between the Wars
  • H. Athenian Treatment of Byzantium
  • I. The Date of Pericles' Pontic Expedition
  • ] . The Site and Date of Brea
  • K. The Date of the Battle of Potidaea
  • Bibliography
  • General Index
  • Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions
  • Index of Modem Authors
  • THE ARCHIDAMIAN WAR
  • Preface
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations and Short Titles
  • 1 . Plans and Resources2. The First Year of the War
  • 3. The Plague and Its Consequences
  • 4. The Third Year of the War: Phormio
  • 5. The Revolt at Lesbos
  • 6. Sicily and Corcyra
  • 7. Demosthenes
  • 8. Pylos and Sphacteria
  • 9. Megara and Delium
  • 10. The Coming of Peace
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix A: Pericles and Athenian Income
  • Appendix B: Pericles' Last Speech
  • Bibliography
  • General Index
  • Index of Modern Authors
  • Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions
  • THE PEACE OF NICIAS AND THE SICILIAN EXPEDITION
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations and Short TitlesPart One. The Unraveling of the Peace
  • 1. A Troubled Peace
  • 2. The Separate League
  • 3. The Alliance of Athens and Argos
  • 4. The Challenge of the Separate League
  • 5. The Battle of Mantinea
  • 6. After Mantinea: Politics and Policy at Sparta and Athens
  • Part Two. The Sicilian Expedition
  • 7. The Decision to Attack Sicily
  • 8. Sacrilege and Departure
  • 9. Athenian Strategy and the Summer Campaign of 415
  • 10. The First Attack on Syracuse
  • 11. The Siege o f Syracuse
  • 12. Athens on the Defensive

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