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Availability:In StockContributor:Victor Davis Hanson, John Keegan (Introduction by)Publish date:2009-04-01Pages:320
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520260092ISBN-10:520260090UPC:9780520260092Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCDK57RTGR
The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece
The Greeks of the classical age invented not only the central idea of Western politics-that the power of state should be guided by a majority of its citizens-but also the central act of Western warfare, the decisive infantry battle. Instead of ambush, skirmish, or combat between individual heroes, the Greeks of the fifth century B.C. devised a ferocious, brief, and destructive head-on clash...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of California PressISBN-13:9780520260092ISBN-10:520260090UPC:9780520260092Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, AncientBook Topic:GreeceSize:8.90 x 6.00 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCDK57RTGR
Victor Davis Hanson is Professor of Classics at California State University, Fresno, and author and coauthor of many books, including The Landmark Thucydides: A Comprehensive Guide to the Peloponnesian War.
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