Thucydides and the ancient simplicity : the limits of political realism / Gregory Crane.
Thucydides and the ancient simplicity : the limits of political realism / Gregory Crane.
Thucydides and the ancient simplicity : the limits of political realism / Gregory Crane.
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.
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N938.05/14
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English
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xii, 348 p. ; 24 cm.
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1. Sherman at Melos: Realpolitik Ancient and Modern -- 2. Truest Causes and Thucydidean Realisms -- 3. Representations of Power before and after Thucydides -- 4. Power, Prestige, and the Corcyraean Affair -- 5. Archaeology I: The Analytical Program of the History -- 6. Archaeology II: From Wealth to...
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Berkeley : University of California Press, c1998.
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California
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c1998.
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Famous both as an analysis of power politics and as a classic of political realism, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is the earliest surviving realist text in the European tradition. From the opening speeches, Thucydides' Athenians emerge as a new and frightening source of power, oblivious to the rules and shared values under which the...
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Thucydides and the ancient simplicity : the limits of political realism / Gregory Crane.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-342) and index.
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A digital reproduction is available from E-Editions, a collaboration of the University of California Press and the California Digital Library's eScholarship program.
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c1998.
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N938.05/14
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0520207890 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780520207899 (cloth : alk. paper)
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938.05
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991011492679702626
