Beschreibung
Produktdetails
Einband
Taschenbuch
Erscheinungsdatum
20.05.2019
Verlag
Alpha EditionsSeitenzahl
642
Maße (L/B/H)
21,6/14/3,7 cm
Gewicht
892 g
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN
978-93-5370-265-6
Power does not announce itself politely. In Thucydides (Volume II), the struggle that remade the ancient world tightens its grip once more. War has its own logic. This volume two edition continues B. Jowett's enduring classical history translation of the Peloponnesian War narrative, where the Athens Sparta rivalry tests alliances, strategy, and civic character across the ancient Greek city-states. Thucydides writes with an eyewitness's discipline and a statesman's scepticism, making his chronicle the foundation text for power politics realism: why leaders misjudge, why democracies and empires overreach, and how fear and honour steer decisions. Read for the sweep of 5th century BC Greece, or for the sharp, modern feeling of arguments about security, diplomacy, and command. It fits naturally beside Herodotus histories readers who want a harder-edged counterpart, and as a Xenophon Hellenica companion that helps map what came before. Jowett's English is lucid and restrained, carrying the severity that has made Thucydides a landmark of Western historiography. For collectors of unabridged classics, it is a handsome continuation; for new readers, it has the pace and tension of lived political crisis. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. As an unabridged classics edition, it belongs on the shelf of college classics reading and on any military history course, yet it is equally compelling as narrative history to return to, mark up, and keep.
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