The Stalingrad of the ancient world, this is an immensely readable, brilliant, brutal and vivid history of the greatest and bloodiest war of ancient Greece. The Peloponnesian War, fought 2,500 years ago between oligarchic Sparta and democratic Athens for control of Greece, is brought spectacularly to life in this magnificent study. Kagan demonstrates the relevance of this cataclysmic event to modern times in all its horror and savagery. As two uncompromising empires fight a war of survival from diametrically opposing political, social and cultural positions, the seemingly invincible glory of Athens crumbles in tragedy. Athenian culture and politics was unmatched in originality and fertility, and is still regarded as one of the peak achievements of Western civilisation. Dramatic poets such as Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides and Aristophanes raised tragedy and comedy to a level never surpassed; architects and sculptors were at work on the Acropolis; natural philosophers like Anaxagoras and Democritus were exploring the physical world, and philosophers like Socrates were dissecting the realm of human affairs. All this was lost to this bloody conflict. In this work of brilliant scholarship, Kagan illustrates his remarkable ability to interpret these events as a part of the universality of human experience. His clear expertise in both the ancient world and the wars of the 20th-century are combined with his storytelling gifts to give an unforgettable portrait of this pivotal war that has shaped the world as we know it.
作者唐纳德•卡根(Donald Kagan)(1932- ),美国著名历史学家,耶鲁大学古典学与历史学斯特林教席荣誉退休教授,古希腊历史研究的权威学者,1958年获得俄亥俄州立大学博士学位,2002年获颁美国国家人文奖章,2005年当选为该年度杰弗逊人文大师,著有《雅典帝国的灭亡》(1987)、《沉睡中的美国》(2000)、《西方的遗产》(2000)、《伯罗奔尼撒战争的爆发》(2003)等,最新一部作品《修昔底德》由维京出版社推出。
这本书是美国耶鲁大学的研究古希腊专业的知名教授Donald Kagan的写给现代普通人读的有关古希腊帝国的一场影响至今的长达2、30年的战争历史纪录。有关伯罗奔尼撒战争,最知名的书籍是修昔底德的《伯罗奔尼撒战争史》,但由于他本人也参与了战争(并因失职被免入狱),观点未免主...
评分大一IR课上第一个星期就提到的历史,也是学习国际关系时绕不开的经典case。也被许多人用来类比当今的中美关系——“修昔底德陷阱”;我认为,这样的类比并不正确、也不合适。 伯罗奔尼撒战争带给我们(至少是我)的启示: 老话:没有永远的朋友和敌人,只有永远的利益。 没有绝...
评分看完书后本来想写个关于伯罗奔尼撒战争的读后感 打开豆瓣 一看简评 某些评论真是让我大开眼界 转念一想算了 借这个机会以一名历史爱好者的身份说说对市场上出版的历史著作的思考 就历史著作来说大致分为四个门类:1历史古籍 从古代流传至今的著作 代表作当然是二十四史之类的啦...
评分唐納德‧卡根(Donald Kagan)是戰後美國希臘史的名家,其四卷本伯羅奔尼撒戰爭的專著,被公認是最詳盡的研究作品;幾年前華東師範大學出版社引進了第一卷《伯羅奔尼撒戰爭的爆發》,其餘三卷據說也將陸續翻譯。本書是作者聽從建議,專門針對“一般讀者”重新濃縮改寫而成,...
评分小胖去希腊的时候,拍了一张照片。她坐在一个台阶上,戴着一个巨大的墨镜对着镜头笑,背后是一群晒成棕色的欧美老外,穿着背心吊带挤在一起看一个土墙。在我的印象中,希腊就是这样一个充满古迹与神迹的地方。事实上,和其它消失的古文明一样,希腊这些灿烂文化,最终被一场本...
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