Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Chronology 545–323 BC
- List of maps
- Maps
- 1 The text
- 2 Writing power: Athens in Greece 478–435
- 3 Explaining the war: stated reasons 435–432
- 4 Explaining the war: true reasons 432
- 5 Judgements 431–430
- 6 Absent strategies 430–428
- 7 Speech and other events 428–427
- 8 Meaning and opportunity 426–424
- 9 Necessities 424
- 10 Interests 423–421
- 11 Emotion in deed 420–416
- 12 Purposes and decisions 415
- 13 Character and circumstance 414–413
- 14 One war 413–411
- 15 Back to the present
- Synopsis of the text by book and year
- Further reading
- References
- Index
Further reading
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2014
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface and acknowledgements
- Chronology 545–323 BC
- List of maps
- Maps
- 1 The text
- 2 Writing power: Athens in Greece 478–435
- 3 Explaining the war: stated reasons 435–432
- 4 Explaining the war: true reasons 432
- 5 Judgements 431–430
- 6 Absent strategies 430–428
- 7 Speech and other events 428–427
- 8 Meaning and opportunity 426–424
- 9 Necessities 424
- 10 Interests 423–421
- 11 Emotion in deed 420–416
- 12 Purposes and decisions 415
- 13 Character and circumstance 414–413
- 14 One war 413–411
- 15 Back to the present
- Synopsis of the text by book and year
- Further reading
- References
- Index
Summary
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Thucydides on PoliticsBack to the Present, pp. 247 - 248Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2014