Thucydides and the ancient simplicity : the limits of political realism /

Famous both as an analysis of power politics and as a classic of political realism, Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War is the earliest surviving realist text in the European tradition. From the opening speeches, Thucydides' Athenians emerge as a new and frightening source of powe...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Crane, Gregory, 1957-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, ©1998.
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