The Wars of the Ancient Greeks and Their Invention of Western Military Culture (The Cassell history of Warfare)

Content: Early Greek fighting (1400-750) -- The rise of the city-state and the invention of western warfare (750-490) -- The great wars (490-362) -- The second military revolution (362-336) -- Alexander the Great and the creation of Hellenistic warfare (335-146). Abstract: "The history of warfare in Ancient Greece from the heroic age of the city-states to the coming of Rome, written for the interested general reader and the military enthusiast by the leading expert in the field."--BOOK JACKET The Ancient Greeks -- who believed that war is the most important thing humans do -- bequeathed to the West an incomparable military legacy that still influences the structure of armies and doctrine. Understand the reasons why their unique approach to fighting was so successful and so relentless, its role at the heart of classical culture, the rise of the city state, agrarian duels, the emergence of Athenian and Spartan power, the development of war as a specialized science, and the collapse of Greek warfare after Alexander the Great. En gennemgang af det antikke Grækenlands krige og militære udvikling (våben og taktik) fra 1400-146 f. Kr. og påvirkningen af den vestlige militære kultur. Bogen findes også på KGB i en nyere udgave fra 2004, ISBN: 1588341895/SYS: 59054 Victor Davis Hanson ; General Editor, John Keegan. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 213-215) And Index.