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The Wars of the Ancient Greeks: And their Invention of Western Military Culture

By Victor Davis Hanson

Book information

Publisher
Sterling
Year
1999
ISBN
0203024869
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
95 MB (99740623 bytes)
Series
The History of Warfare
Pages
228\228
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04

Description

The Ancient Greeks--who believed that war is the most important thing humans do--bequeathed to the West an incomparable military legacy that still influences the structure of armies and doctrine. Understand the reasons why their unique approach to fighting was so successful and so relentless, its role at the heart of classical culture, the rise of the city state, agrarian duels, the emergence of Athenian and Spartan power, the development of war as a specialized science, and the collapse of Greek warfare after Alexander the Great. 224 pages, 70 color illus., 80 b/w illus., 7 3/4 x 10 3/8.

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