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Greek Warfare: Myths and Realities

Autor Hans Van Wees
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 oct 2021
From the soldier's-eye view of combat to the broad social and economic structures that shaped campaigns and wars, ancient Greek warfare in all its aspects has been studied more intensively in the last few decades than ever before. This book ranges from the concrete details of conducting raids, battles and sieges to more theoretical questions about the causes, costs and consequences of warfare in archaic and classical Greece. It argues that the Greek sources present a highly selective and idealised picture, too easily accepted by most modern scholars, and that a more critical study of the evidence leads to radically different conclusions about the Greek way of war.In this new edition the evidence from recent research is interwoven throughout the existing text along with new images to supplement the original illustrative material, which is now fully integrated. A new map and annotated timeline will support students, while a much-expanded final chapter on naval warfare will bring this important subdiscipline fully up to date.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781474275903
ISBN-10: 1474275907
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 60 bw illus
Dimensiuni: 156 x 235 mm
Ediția:2
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Academic
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

Caracteristici

Offers concrete details of conducting raids, battles and sieges, but also examines the causes, costs and consequences of warfare

Notă biografică

Hans van Wees is Grote Professor of Ancient History at University College London, UK. He is the author of Ships and Silver, Taxes and Tribute (2013) and has edited or co-edited numerous volumes including The Cambridge History of Greek and Roman Warfare (2007).


Cuprins

Acknowledgements Conventions and Abbreviations Introduction Part I. War and Peace 1. Kinsmen, Friends and Allies: the society of states 2. Justice, Honour and Profit: causes and goals of war 3. Pleonexia: structural causes of war Part II. Citizens and Soldiers 4. Men of Bronze: the myth of the middle-class militia 5. The Other Warriors: light infantry, cavalry, body-servants and mercenaries 6. Politics and the Battlefield: ideology in Greek warfare Part III. Amateur Armies 7. Bodies of Men: training and organisation of the militia 8. The Bare Necessities: mobilisation and maintenance of armies Part IV. Agonal and Total Warfare 9. Ritual, Rules and Strategies: the structure of campaigns 10. Ambush, Battle and Siege: changing forms of combat Part V. The Experience of Combat 11. The Deeds of Heroes: battle in the Iliad 12. The Archaic Phalanx: infantry combat down to the Persian Wars 13. The Classical Phalanx: infantry combat transformed Part VI. Ruling the Waves 14. The Wall of Wood: ships, men and money 15. War at Sea: classical naval campaigns Conclusion. The Development of Greek Warfare: war and the state Appendices 1. Athenian manpower in 480 and 431 BC 2. Changes in Spartan military organisation from 480 to 371 BC 3. The historicity and date of Homeric warfare MapsGlossary and Who's Who Annotated timeline Notes Bibliography List of Illustrations and Sources Select Index of Passages General Index


Descriere

From the soldier's-eye view of combat to the broad social and economic structures that shaped campaigns and wars, ancient Greek warfare in all its aspects has been studied more intensively in the last few decades than ever before. This book ranges from the concrete details of conducting raids, battles and sieges to more theoretical questions about the causes, costs and consequences of warfare in archaic and classical Greece. It argues that the Greek sources present a highly selective and idealised picture, too easily accepted by most modern scholars, and that a more critical study of the evidence leads to radically different conclusions about the Greek way of war.In this new edition the evidence from recent research is interwoven throughout the existing text along with new images to supplement the original illustrative material, which is now fully integrated. A new map and annotated timeline will support students, while a much-expanded final chapter on naval warfare will bring this important subdiscipline fully up to date.


Recenzii

Greek Warfare is a fresh, highly detailed, comprehensive look at the nature of war, warriors, and warfare in the ancient Greek world from Homeric times to the ascent of Rome...Intended for the very serious student of war in the ancient world, Greek Warfare will nevertheless prove rewarding even for the interested layman.