Makers of ancient strategy : from the Persian wars to the fall of Rome /
Makers of ancient strategy : from the Persian wars to the fall of Rome /
edited and Introduced by Victor Davis Hanson.
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2010.
- x, 265 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0691137900 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691137902 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009034732
GBB006863 bnb
015468258 Uk
Military art and science--History--To 500.
Military history, Ancient.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
0691137900 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780691137902 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2009034732
GBB006863 bnb
015468258 Uk
Military art and science--History--To 500.
Military history, Ancient.