{"product_id":"the-peace-of-nicias-and-the-sicilian-expedition-hardback-9780801413674","title":"The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition (Hardback) 9780801413674","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDonald Kagan (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780801413674\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 November 1981\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.907 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eA profound analysis of the relation of strategy to politics, a sympathetic but searching critique of Thucydides' masterpiece, and a trenchant assessment of the voluminous modern literature on the war.\u003c\/p\u003e - Bernard Knox (The Atlantic Monthly) \u003cp\u003e\"The temptation to acclaim Kagan's four volumes as the foremost work of history produced in North America in the twentieth century is vivid.... Here is an achievement that not only honors the criteria of dispassion and of unstinting scruple which mark the best of modern historicism but honors its readers. To read Kagan's 'History of the Peloponnesian War' at the present hour is to be almost unbearably tested.\"-George Steiner, The New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is a solid piece of scholarship, a readable, consistent, and understandable account of a difficult period in Greek history, and rife with astute and provocative observations on Thucydides.\u003c\/p\u003e (The Historian)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is a solid piece of scholarship, a readable, consistent, and understandable account of a difficult period in Greek history, and rife with astute and provocative observations on Thucydides.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ― \u003ci\u003eThe Historian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy did the Peace of Nicias fail to reconcile Athens and Sparta? Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C. The principal figure in the narrative is the Athenian politician and general Nicias, whose policies shaped the treaty and whose military strategies played a major role in the attack against Sicily.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart One: The Unraveling of the Peace\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. A Troubled Peace\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Separate League\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Alliance of Athens and Argos\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Challenge of the Separate League\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Battle of Mantinea\u003cbr\u003e 6. After Mantinea: Politics and Policy at Sparta and Athens\u003cb\u003ePart Two: The Sicilian Expedition\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Decision to Attack Sicily\u003cbr\u003e 8. Sacrilege and Departure\u003cbr\u003e 9. Athenian Strategy and the Summer Campaign of 415\u003cbr\u003e 10. The First Attack on Syracuse\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Siege of Syracuse\u003cbr\u003e 12. Athens on the Defensive\u003cbr\u003e 13. Defeat on Land and Sea\u003cbr\u003e 14. Retreat and Destruction\u003cbr\u003e Conclusions\u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003e General Index\u003cbr\u003e Index of Modem Authors\u003cbr\u003e Index of Ancient Authors and Inscriptions\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52716600230168,"sku":"9780801413674","price":40.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-peace-of-nicias-and-the-sicilian-expedition-hardback-9780801413674","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}