The grand strategy of classical sparta : the Persian challenge /
"More than 2,500 years ago a confederation of small Greek city-states defeated the invading armies of Persia, the most powerful empire in the world. In this meticulously researched study, historian Paul Rahe argues that Sparta was responsible for the initial establishment of the Hellenic defens...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
---|---|
Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
New Haven :
Yale University Press,
[2015]
|
Colección: | Yale library of military history.
|
Temas: | |
Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction : a clash of civilizations
- Prologue : a regime and its grand strategy
- Part I. The crisis of Sparta's grand strategy. A shadow growing in the east
- Mainland defense
- The Ionian revolt
- The first round
- Part II. The crisis comes to a head. The formation of the Hellenic League
- Thermopylae and Artemisium
- Salamis
- Plataea and Mycale
- Epilogue : the aftermath.