Greco-Persian Wars (eBook)

PETER GREEN (Autor)

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1996
356 Seiten
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-91706-4 (ISBN)

Infos

This is a reissue, with a new introduction and an update to the bibliography, of the original edition, published in 1970 as The Year of Salamis in England and as Xerxes at Salamis in the U.S.The long and bitter struggle between the great Persian Empire and the fledgling Greek states reached its high point with the extraordinary Greek victory at Salamis in 480 B.C. The astonishing sea battle banished forever the specter of Persian invasion and occupation. Peter Green brilliantly retells this historic moment, evoking the whole dramatic sweep of events that the Persian offensive set in motion. The massive Greek victory, despite the Greeks' inferior numbers, opened the way for the historic evolution of the Greek states in a climate of creativity, independence, and democracy, one that provided a model and an inspiration for centuries to come.Green's accounts of both Persian and Greek strategies are clear and persuasive; equally convincing are his everyday details regarding the lives of soldiers, statesmen, and ordinary citizens. He has first-hand knowledge of the land and sea he describes, as well as full command of original sources and modern scholarship. With a new foreword, The Greco-Persian Wars is a book that lovers of fine historical writing will greet with pleasure.

Inhalt

List of Illustrations 
List of Maps 
Abbreviations 
Introduction to the 1996 reprint 
Preface and Acknowledgments 
Part One: Darius and the West 
Part Two: The Legacy of Marathon 
Part Three: Waiting for the Barbarian 
Part Four: The Corner-stone of Freedom 
Part Five: The Wooden Wall 
Part Six: The Doors of the Peloponnese 
Part Seven: The Last Enemy 
Notes 
Bibliography 
Supplementary Bibliography
Index 

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.11.1996
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 1970s • academic • Ancient history • Ancient World • Bibliography • Creativity • Democracy • Geographical • greco persian • Greece • Greek • greek empire • Greek Studies • history ancient greece • History of Ancient Greece • Independence • inspiring • international • Military • military history • Persian Empire • Political Science • regional • reissue • scholarly • Social Science • Social Studies • soldiers • Updated • War history • wartime • World History
• ISBN-10: 0-520-91706-5 / 0520917065
• ISBN-13: 978-0-520-91706-4 / 9780520917064