New History of the Peloponnesian War Quotes

“Once again the historian who wishes to understand this difficult period must try to read between the lines. It”
― Donald Kagan, New History of the Peloponnesian War

“The Spartan attitude reflected an important fact about the condition of the Greek world from 479 to 461: Its stability was apparent only and not real. The alliance between Sparta and Athens was not an alliance of states but of factions. The faction of Cimon and the faction that would be headed by King Archidamus were prepared to accept limits to the hegemonal claims of their states, but in each state there were significant elements of the population who were not.”
― Donald Kagan, New History of the Peloponnesian War