Thucydides’ account of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.) is the ultimate tale of a powerful geopolitical conflict. Athens, the dominant sea power, is challenged by Sparta, the upstart land power.

Professor Kagan talked about his book, [The Peloponnesian War], published by Viking. In this lecture, he explored the modern lessons that could be drawn from this conflict between the Greek city ...

In his book, Allison sketched out a scenario — “unlikely but not impossible” — for how a trade conflict between the United States and China could end in a nuclear war.

Yet if there is a mournful quality to Hanson’s meditation, the book is no lament: like Stan Getz playing Burt Bacharach, Hanson makes art out of loss. How sad that war has lost its mythic appeal, now, ...

The Peloponnesian War is the name given to the long series of conflicts between Athens and Sparta that lasted from 431 until 404 BC. The reasons for this war are sometimes traced back as far as ...

Nir Eisikovits, professor of philosophy and director of the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston, is the author of “Glory, Humiliation and the Drive to War.” Sixteen years into the ...

A note on citations: ancient sources are referenced by book and chapter, and sometimes section. All ancient references are cited according to The Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed. For instance, bk.

His selections for Fort Meade: the Odyssey, Plato’s Meno, Apology and Crito, Thucydides’ History of the Peloponnesian War (Books 1, 2 and 7), Hamlet, King Lear, Gulliver’s Travels.

The 10 Best Books of 2024. ... and nearly continuous balance-of-power wars—among them the ruinous Peloponnesian War between Athens and Sparta—make for a story that’s often hard for modern ...