Makers of Ancient Strategy : : From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome / / ed. by Victor Davis Hanson.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• MitwirkendeR: Berkey, David L.,; Goldsworthy, Adrian,; Hanson, Victor Davis,; Heather, Peter J.,; Holland, Tom,; Kagan, Donald,; Lee, John W. I.,; Mattern, Susan,; Strauss, Barry,; Worthington, Ian,
• HerausgeberIn: Hanson, Victor Davis,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; List of Contributors --; Introduction: Makers of Ancient Strategy. From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome --; 1. From Persia with Love. Propaganda and Imperial Overreach in the Greco-Persian Wars --; 2. Pericles, Thucydides, and the Defense of Empire --; 3. Why Fortifications Endure. A Case Study of the Walls of Athens during the Classical Period --; 4. Epaminondas the Theban and the Doctrine of Preemptive War --; 5. Alexander the Great, Nation Building, and the Creation and Maintenance of Empire --; 6. Urban Warfare in the Classical Greek World --; 7. Counterinsurgency and the Enemies of Rome --; 8. Slave Wars of Greece and Rome --; 9. Julius Caesar and the General as State --; 10. Holding the Line. Frontier Defense and the Later Roman Empire --; Acknowledgments --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781400834259; 9783110442502
• DOI: 10.1515/9781400834259?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Victor Davis Hanson.

In this prequel to the now-classic Makers of Modern Strategy, Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prominent thinkers to explore key facets of warfare, strategy, and foreign policy in the Greco-Roman world. From the Persian Wars to the final defense of the Roman Empire, Makers of Ancient Strategy demonstrates that the military thinking and policies of the ancient Greeks and Romans remain surprisingly relevant for understanding conflict in the modern world. The book reveals that much of the organized violence witnessed today--such as counterterrorism, urban fighting, insurgencies, preemptive war, and ethnic cleansing--has ample precedent in the classical era. The book examines the preemption and unilateralism used to instill democracy during Epaminondas's great invasion of the Peloponnesus in 369 BC, as well as the counterinsurgency and terrorism that characterized Rome's battles with insurgents such as Spartacus, Mithridates, and the Cilician pirates. The collection looks at the urban warfare that became increasingly common as more battles were fought within city walls, and follows the careful tactical strategies of statesmen as diverse as Pericles, Demosthenes, Alexander, Pyrrhus, Caesar, and Augustus. Makers of Ancient Strategy shows how Greco-Roman history sheds light on wars of every age. In addition to the editor, the contributors are David L. Berkey, Adrian Goldsworthy, Peter J. Heather, Tom Holland, Donald Kagan, John W. I. Lee, Susan Mattern, Barry Strauss, and Ian Worthington.