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The History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides 431 BC, Rex Warner , M.I. Finley
by Thucydides 431 BC, Rex Warner , M.I. Finley
TOUGH READ!!! But totally worth it to see the roots of democracy reaching as far back as ancient Greece. From the funeral oration of Pericles to his rejection of the democratic notions he espoused, Thucydides documents the change war can wreak on the mindset of a people, even one predisposed to democracy. But these bright spots are burried in long meticulous descriptions of the war itself. You've been warned
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