The Necessities of War. a Study of Thucydides' Pessimism |
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| Author:
| Pouncey, Peter R. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-92106-0 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1980 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $70.00 |
Book Description:
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Attempts to reach the mind of the historian and writer Thucydides, with a particular focus on his pessimism as he works his transformation of the confused experience of events in wartime into an ordered history with lasting lessons for posterity.
Attempts to reach the mind of the historian and writer Thucydides, with a particular focus on his pessimism as he works his transformation of the confused experience of events in wartime into an ordered history with lasting lessons for posterity.