The Peloponnesian War Series by Donald Kagan

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  • The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (The Peloponnesian War #1)
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    The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War (The Peloponnesian War #1)

    Donald Kagan

    Rated: 3.88 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1969

    The first volume of Donald Kagan's acclaimed four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War offers a new evaluation of the origins and causes of the conflict, based on evidence produced by modern scholarship and on a careful reconsideration of the ancient texts... more

  • The Archidamian War (The Peloponnesian War #2)
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    The Archidamian War (The Peloponnesian War #2)

    Donald Kagan

    Rated: 3.80 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1974

    This book, the second volume in Donald Kagan's tetralogy about the Peloponnesian War, is a provocative and tightly argued history of the first ten years of the war. Taking a chronological approach that allows him to present at each stage the choices that were open to both sides in the conflict, Kagan focuses on political, economic, diplomatic, and military developments. He evaluates the strategies used by both sides and reconsiders the roles played by several key individuals.

  • The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition (The Peloponnesian War #3)
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    The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition (The Peloponnesian War #3)

    Donald Kagan

    Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 1981

    Why did the Peace of Nicias fail to reconcile Athens and Sparta? In the third volume of his landmark four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C. The principal figure in the narrative is the Athenian politician and general Nicias, whose policies shaped the treaty and whose military strategies played a major role in the attack against Sicily.

  • The Fall of the Athenian Empire (The Peloponnesian War #4)
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    The Fall of the Athenian Empire (The Peloponnesian War #4)

    Donald Kagan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1987

    In the fourth and final volume of his magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the period from the destruction of Athens' Sicilian expedition in September of 413 B.C. to the Athenian surrender to Sparta in the spring of 404 B.C. Through his study of this last decade of the war, Kagan evaluates the performance of the Athenian democracy as it faced its most serious challenge... more

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