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A War Like No Other
- How the Athenians and Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
- Narrated by: Bob Souer
- Length: 13 hrs and 58 mins
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Summary
Victor Davis Hanson has given us painstakingly researched and pathbreaking accounts of wars ranging from classical antiquity to the 21st century. Now he juxtaposes an ancient conflict with our most urgent modern concerns to create his most engrossing work to date, A War Like No Other.
Hanson compellingly portrays the ways Athens and Sparta fought on land and sea, in city and countryside, and details their employment of the full scope of conventional and non-conventional tactics, from sieges to targeted assassinations, torture, and terrorism. He also assesses the crucial roles played by warriors such as Pericles and Lysander, artists, among them Aristophanes, and thinkers including Sophocles and Plato.
Hanson's perceptive analysis of events and personalities raises many thought-provoking questions: Were Athens and Sparta like America and Russia, two superpowers battling to the death? Is the Peloponnesian War echoed in the endless, frustrating conflicts of Vietnam, Northern Ireland, and the current Middle East? Or was it more like America's own Civil War, a brutal rift that rent the fabric of a glorious society, or even this century's schism between liberals and conservatives? Hanson daringly brings the facts to life and unearths the often surprising ways in which the past informs the present.
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- Danielle V
- 05-08-24
A great listen!
This book covers a very dense topic in a digestible and accessible way, that is still very interesting. The narration suits the nature of the material and adds to the experience. I found this a great listen!
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- Robert Horan
- 09-01-21
Oafish and unfair ——you, not Dr Hansen.
Fix your software. You should not mandate reader reviews in order to permit further navigation within the app.
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- Anonymous User
- 28-07-20
Great overview
This is a great overview of the Peloponnesian war. Not done in chronological order but more by subject.
The performance was clear and easy to listen too.
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- Nicholas
- 21-11-23
A perfect summary of tactics and strategy
A great summary of how the Greeks actually fought during this period. The events of the war are not in order but instead broken apart into what tools and tactics were relied upon. All in all a great break down of the approaches both Athens and Sparta took, full of insight.
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