The necessities of war : a study of Thucydides' pessimism / Peter Pouncey.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pouncey, Peter R.
Language:English
Published: Rhinebeck, NY : Sheep Meadow Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Thucydides. > History of the Peloponnesian War.
Thucydides > Criticism and interpretation.
Greece > History > Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. > Historiography.
Pessimism > Greece > History > To 1500.
Physical Description:xii, 205 pages ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction: Thucydides' Own Experience of the War
  • Accuracy (akribeia) and the Pattern of Events : Methodology and Point of View
  • The Progress of Pessimism in Thucydides : The Sketch of an Argument
  • The Archaeology (1.1-23)
  • Collective Action to the Point of War
  • Pericles
  • Melos
  • Alcibiades : A Patriot for Himself
  • Individuals in the Toils of War : Nicias and Phrynichus
  • Human Nature at War in Thucydides
  • Appendix: Human Nature in Hobbes.