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Thucydides (Volume II)

Thucydides (Volume II)

Jowett, B.

Paperback

Ancient RomeGeneral World HistoryInternational Relations

ISBN10: 9353702658
ISBN13: 9789353702656
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: May 20 2019
Pages: 642
Weight: 1.77
Height: 1.42 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
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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