Bibliograph

A war like no other, how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War, Victor Davis Hanson

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A war like no other, how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War, Victor Davis Hanson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

maps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A war like no other

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionariesbibliography

Oclc number

773578547

Responsibility statement

Victor Davis Hanson

Sub title

how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War

Table Of Contents

Fear : why Sparta fought Athens (480-431) -- Fire : the war against the land (431-425) -- Disease : the ravages of the plague at Athens (430-426) -- Terror : war in the shadows (431-421) -- Armor : hoplite pitched battles (424-418) -- Walls : sieges (431-415) -- Horses : the disaster at Sicily (415-413) -- Ships : the war at sea (431-404) -- Climax : Trireme fighting in the Aegean (411-405) -- Ruin? Winners and losers (404-403) -- Appendix I : glossary of terms and places -- Appendix II : key people

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