How to think about war : an ancient guide to foreign policy
Thucydides2019
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Why do nations go to war? What are citizens willing to die for? What justifies foreign invasion? And does might always make right? For nearly 2,500 years, students, politicians, political thinkers, and military leaders have read the eloquent and shrewd speeches in Thucydides's 'History of the Peloponnesian War' for profound insights into military conflict, diplomacy, and the behaviour of people and countries in times of crisis. This book presents the most influential and compelling of these speeches in a new translation by classicist Johanna Hanink, accompanied by an enlightening introduction, informative headnotes, and the original Greek on facing pages.
Main title:
How to think about war : an ancient guide to foreign policy / Thucydides ; introduction by Johanna Hanink ; translated by Johanna Hanink.
Author:
Thucydides, authorHanink, Johanna, 1982-, translator
Imprint:
Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2019.
Collation:
336 pages : maps ; 18 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Translated from the Ancient Greek.
ISBN:
9780691190150 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
327.160938
Language:
EnglishGreek, Ancient (to 1453)
Subject:
BRN:
84937