The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is an immensely readable, brilliant, brutal and vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece. The Peloponnesian War, fought 2,500 years ago between oligarchic Sparta and democratic Athens for control of Greece, is brought spectacularly to life in this magnificent study. Kagan demonstrates the relevance of this cataclysmic event to modern times in all its horror and savagery. As two uncompromising empires fight a war of survival from diametrically opposing political, social and cultural positions, the seemingly invincible glory of Athens crumbles in tragedy. Athenian culture and politics was unmatched in originality and fertility, and is still regarded as one of the peak achievements of Western civilisation. Dramatic poets such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes raised tragedy and comedy to a level never surpassed; architects and sculptors were at work on the Acropolis; natural philosophers like Anaxagoras and Democritus were exploring the physical world, and philosophers like Socrates were dissecting the realm of human affairs. All this was lost to this bloody conflict. In this work of brilliant scholarship, Kagan illustrates his remarkable ability to interpret these events as a part of the universality of human experience. His clear expertise in both the ancient world and the wars of the 20th-century are combined with his storytelling gifts to give an unforgettable portrait of this pivotal war that has shaped the world as we know it.
作者唐纳德•卡根(Donald Kagan)(1932- ),美国著名历史学家,耶鲁大学古典学与历史学斯特林教席荣誉退休教授,古希腊历史研究的权威学者,1958年获得俄亥俄州立大学博士学位,2002年获颁美国国家人文奖章,2005年当选为该年度杰弗逊人文大师,著有《雅典帝国的灭亡》(1987)、《沉睡中的美国》(2000)、《西方的遗产》(2000)、《伯罗奔尼撒战争的爆发》(2003)等,最新一部作品《修昔底德》由维京出版社推出。
这本书是美国耶鲁大学的研究古希腊专业的知名教授Donald Kagan的写给现代普通人读的有关古希腊帝国的一场影响至今的长达2、30年的战争历史纪录。有关伯罗奔尼撒战争,最知名的书籍是修昔底德的《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》,但由于他本人也参与了战争(并因失职被免入狱),观点未免主...
评分唐納德‧卡根(Donald Kagan)是戰後美國希臘史的名家,其四卷本伯羅奔尼撒戰爭的專著,被公認是最詳盡的研究作品;幾年前華東師範大學出版社引進了第一卷《伯羅奔尼撒戰爭的爆發》,其餘三卷據說也將陸續翻譯。本書是作者聽從建議,專門針對“一般讀者”重新濃縮改寫而成,...
评分内容简介 · · · · · · 在公元前5世纪末的近三十年里,古典世界被一场冲突撕扯得四分五裂,那就是伯罗奔尼撒战争。在其历史背景之下,这场战争的戏剧性、决定性和毁灭性可以与20世纪的两次世界大战相提并论。在伯罗奔尼撒战争中,希腊人同室操戈:一方是雅典人,他们拥有...
评分 评分斯巴达能够赢得伯罗奔尼撒战争,简直不可思议,除了陆军优势外,他在各方面似乎都不如雅典。雅典是古希腊的财富中心,而斯巴达为了风俗淳朴,禁止用金银做货币,而是用低廉笨重的铁币,仅仅比原始的物物交易好一些。雅典实行公民当家做主,而斯巴达则是贵族寡头执政,虽然有民...
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