- Taschenbuch: 416 Seiten
- Verlag: Random House Trade Paperbacks; Auflage: Reprint (12. September 2006)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0812969707
- ISBN-13: 978-0812969702
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 15,5 x 2,3 x 23,4 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 4.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 147.610 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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By the standards of modern mass warfare, the Peloponnesian War, which ravaged Greece for 27 years, was a small-scale affair. The military forces were relatively small, and the weapons seem primitive. But by the standards of the classical Greek world, this conflict was massive and devastating. Hanson is a classicist and military historian, and his concise and stirring account of the war lacks the comprehensive scope of Donald Kagan's definitive work, The Peloponnesian War (2003). However, as a strictly military account, Hanson has written a first-rate chronicle, capturing the intensity and savagery of ancient warfare and conveying how ordinary warriors must have experienced it. Hanson has a gift for explaining both strategic objectives and relatively complicated tactical maneuvers in terms easily understandable by laymen. In his portrayals of some of the key players, Hanson provides interesting insights, especially concerning some rather obscure but important figures. For general readers and history buffs who hope to gain a solid understanding of this seminal and tragic conflict, this is an ideal. Jay Freeman
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“The age of Pericles was also a time of famine, pestilence and atrocity: a ‘Thirty Year Slaughter.’ In order to understand the lesson this offers for civilization, one must try to feel it as the Greeks felt it, and reflect it as they did. In this dual task, Victor Davis Hanson once again demonstrates that his qualifications are unrivalled.”
–Christopher Hitchens, author of Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
“This book will immediately become the standard companion volume in English to Thucydides’ Peloponnesian Wars. Its own battle narratives are unexcelled; but its singular merit is its comprehensive and detailed description of how the actual fighting was done, how generals led, and why each side–Sparta and Athens–went to war. The author is a man of action and a practicing farmer as well as the premier classical historian and military commentator of our day.”
–Josiah Bunting III, author of Ulysses S. Grant
“The Peloponnesian War was grand and tragic but the sheer misery of those who experienced it has often been overlooked–until now. From death by trampling to cannibalism, from preteen-sized knights on ponies to deformed and ghostly plague survivors, from elegant galleys to bloodbaths in waterlogged death traps, the dark cones of classical combat are all brought to light by Hanson. This is a groundbreaking book by a great historian.”
–Barry Strauss, author of The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece–and Western Civilization
From the Hardcover edition.
–Christopher Hitchens, author of Love, Poverty, and War: Journeys and Essays
“This book will immediately become the standard companion volume in English to Thucydides’ Peloponnesian Wars. Its own battle narratives are unexcelled; but its singular merit is its comprehensive and detailed description of how the actual fighting was done, how generals led, and why each side–Sparta and Athens–went to war. The author is a man of action and a practicing farmer as well as the premier classical historian and military commentator of our day.”
–Josiah Bunting III, author of Ulysses S. Grant
“The Peloponnesian War was grand and tragic but the sheer misery of those who experienced it has often been overlooked–until now. From death by trampling to cannibalism, from preteen-sized knights on ponies to deformed and ghostly plague survivors, from elegant galleys to bloodbaths in waterlogged death traps, the dark cones of classical combat are all brought to light by Hanson. This is a groundbreaking book by a great historian.”
–Barry Strauss, author of The Battle of Salamis: The Naval Encounter That Saved Greece–and Western Civilization
From the Hardcover edition.
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I am not familiar with greek history acquired by having studied the subject but rather unprofessionally interested in history and found the book a good primer in the history of the Peloponnesian War.
Right after having finished the book I bought myself some more books about the Peloponnesian War and greek history itself.
So it was definitely starter for me to get more into greek history.
That I pretty much like the style of Mr. Hanson might have been an additional reason.
Right after having finished the book I bought myself some more books about the Peloponnesian War and greek history itself.
So it was definitely starter for me to get more into greek history.
That I pretty much like the style of Mr. Hanson might have been an additional reason.
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A history like no other.
13. Oktober 2005
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Dr. Hanson has taken this well studied war and approached it from a a very interesting perspective. Rather than the standard chronologic retelling (done recently and well by Donald Kagan), Hanson delves into the facets of the conflict such as ships, seiges, horses etc. to craft a readable and stimulating exegesis of the twenty-seven year bloodbath. I say readable because his writing is fluid and almost conversational. You almost feel as though your in a lecture hall. My only criticism (which doesn't cost the book a star) refers to the quality of the maps ...they don't seem to add very much to the text other than simply showing where the various cities or islands are located. Personally, I prefer the tactical maps and would have liked to see more of them, especially for episode such as Mantinea , Delium, and the late naval battles. That aside, this was a wonderful experience. I hope Dr. Hanson will someday do the same for the Punic or other Roman wars.
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Brilliant, lucid, readable
1. Januar 2006
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I have a graduate degree in studies relating to this period, I have read Thucydides, and I have studied ancient Greek, so the subject matter of Hanson's book is not unfamiliar to me. I found it engaging, thoughtful, and absolutely brilliant. I especially liked his skill in relating events of the times to concepts and concerns the modern reader can relate to, as well as his ability to flesh out the personalities of the participants. He personally tested some of his theories and attempts to define ancient Greek expressions, e.g., how hard is it to "lay waste" to an orchard and what might this phrase actually have meant, and he describes first hand the terrain on which some battles were fought. He also offers interesting discoveries relating to numbers of things--I had no idea that so few of the battles fought were hoplite engagements, nor did I know that all of the generals suffered in some way for their efforts. I've always found that counting things can be very useful, and Hanson used arithmetic very effectively to make interesting points. I thought that all of his insights were fresh and went a long way to bring reality and common sense to the text. I liked the inclusion of the Greek words he is translating. I also liked the organization of the book into different ways of examining the war rather than a simple chronological exegesis or the sort of timeline that is always to me rather boring. In addition, Hanson writes in an engaging, clear manner. I learned a great deal from this book and think it is simply brilliant.
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A War Like No Other is an Illuminating Study of ancient Greek warfare
10. November 2005
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Victor David Hanson is the famous classicist who has soared to the top of the best seller non-fiction charts with outstanding
historical works! I have never read a Hanson work without being informed about the way war in all its nefarious aspects has influenced the course of Western civilization from the Greeks to the present day of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In this new seminal work Dr. Hanson provides a modern examination of the Peloponessian war (the first major Civil War in World History) between democratic and empire expanding Athens in Attica and the militaristic oligarchic society of Sparta in
southern Greece. Throughout these pages the author quotes the classical writer Thucydides whose book on the Peloponessian War
fought in the 5th ca. B.C. is told from the perspective of an Athenian general officer. Thucydides was skeptical of human nature and critical of warfare so he is still pertinent today!
Instead of a blow by blow account of the horrific lengthy war the author focuses on the major factors in the conflict with
chapters devoted to such subjects as:
Walls-the importance of siege warfare
Horses-how mounted Syracuse calvary forces destroyed the Athenian invaders on Sicily.
Plague-a brilliant discussion of how plague ravaged Athens during the war.
Ships-the crucial importance of sea power chronicling how landlocked Sparta developed a powerful naval force which defeated the vaunted Athenian navy and won the war.
Land-how crop destruction and fire destroyed the lives of many
bucolic farmers.
Throughout his writing Hanson wants us to see how devasting is warfare to the common soldier/civilian drawn into the horrific
maelstrom of war. Hanson does not glorify war but like General William Sherman manifestly makes evident the fact that war is
hell.
In these pages you will meet such men as Pericles; explore the
building, manning and fighting done on Greek warships called
triremes; understand ancient economies and witness brutality in
the several slaughters of this ancient war.
Any educated reader will find insights and parallels to modern warfare in these many pages.
This book like all of Dr. Hanson's outstanding historical
works is highly recommended!
historical works! I have never read a Hanson work without being informed about the way war in all its nefarious aspects has influenced the course of Western civilization from the Greeks to the present day of conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan.
In this new seminal work Dr. Hanson provides a modern examination of the Peloponessian war (the first major Civil War in World History) between democratic and empire expanding Athens in Attica and the militaristic oligarchic society of Sparta in
southern Greece. Throughout these pages the author quotes the classical writer Thucydides whose book on the Peloponessian War
fought in the 5th ca. B.C. is told from the perspective of an Athenian general officer. Thucydides was skeptical of human nature and critical of warfare so he is still pertinent today!
Instead of a blow by blow account of the horrific lengthy war the author focuses on the major factors in the conflict with
chapters devoted to such subjects as:
Walls-the importance of siege warfare
Horses-how mounted Syracuse calvary forces destroyed the Athenian invaders on Sicily.
Plague-a brilliant discussion of how plague ravaged Athens during the war.
Ships-the crucial importance of sea power chronicling how landlocked Sparta developed a powerful naval force which defeated the vaunted Athenian navy and won the war.
Land-how crop destruction and fire destroyed the lives of many
bucolic farmers.
Throughout his writing Hanson wants us to see how devasting is warfare to the common soldier/civilian drawn into the horrific
maelstrom of war. Hanson does not glorify war but like General William Sherman manifestly makes evident the fact that war is
hell.
In these pages you will meet such men as Pericles; explore the
building, manning and fighting done on Greek warships called
triremes; understand ancient economies and witness brutality in
the several slaughters of this ancient war.
Any educated reader will find insights and parallels to modern warfare in these many pages.
This book like all of Dr. Hanson's outstanding historical
works is highly recommended!
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