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‘It is a lively narrative that moves with immense speed towards its grim conclusion…Recent events have enhanced Kagan’s reputation among American conservatives as a sage.’ Daily Telegraph
‘It is a daunting task to cover the same ground as a great classical historian, but Donald Kagan achieves it splendidly with “The Peloponnesian War”.’ Sunday Times, Books of the Year
‘Kagan’s narrative of one of the critical episodes in the history of the ancient world is as good an account of the subject as one could ask for.’ Spectator
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Maps are numerous and even include maps of the various battlegrounds including ship formations.
Kagan not only narrates the events very well, but also provides his own insights into why some decisions were made, and some of these decisions would appear very bizarre without them.
In all, I can't recommend this book enough. I have a huge interest in ancient times and this is easily the best book i've read.
However, this book provided me with not only an insight into this highly significant ancient conflict, but also into the lives of the individual people at the time of the war.
When I say 'individuals', I am referring to citizens, slaves and the high ranking/status people who were involved in the progression and vital decision taking in the war.
Influential names include Pericles, Cleon, Nicias (peace of Nicias), Cleomenes and Alkibiades from Athens; King Agis, Brasidas, Gyllipus and Lysander of Sparta to the influence of Darius II and his son in funding Sparta's decisive victory at Aegospotamos in 405BC.
Donald Kagan succeeds in avoiding the melodrama and excessive vivid descriptions for the savagery of the battles, and stays with infportant facts and dates which are key to the study of the war.
To conclude, I will say that this is indeed quite deep reading, but it was a very complicated conflict in it's causes and outcomes. However, this was not a culmination from a few decades of rivalry and the author makes clear this fact.
My advice: Lose yourself in this, and the size of the book will not be so daunting.
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