A war like no other
Subtitle: how the Athenians and Spartans fought the Peloponnesian War
By: Victor Davis Hanson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 397
Subjects: Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Fear : why Sparta fought Athens (480-431); title: Fire : the war against the land (431-425); title: Disease : the ravages of the plague at Athens (430-426); title: Terror : war in the shadows (431-421); title: Armor : hoplite pitched battles (424-418); title: Walls : sieges (431-415); title: Horses : the disaster at Sicily (415-413); title: Ships : the war at sea (431-404); title: Climax : Trireme fighting in the Aegean (411-405); title: Ruin? Winners and losers (404-403); title: Appendix I : glossary of terms and places; title: Appendix II : key people.