{"product_id":"thucydides-on-strategy","title":"Thucydides on Strategy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA fresh look at the ancient general and scholar’s classic History of the Peloponnesian War, from the perspective of modern diplomacy and war.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMasterfully crafted and surprisingly modern, \u003cem\u003eHistory of the Peloponnesian War \u003c\/em\u003ehas long been celebrated as an insightful, eloquent, and exhaustively detailed work of classical Greek history. The text is also remarkable for its deep political and military dimensions, and scholars have begun to place the work alongside Sun Tzu’s \u003cem\u003eThe Art of War\u003c\/em\u003e and Clausewitz’s \u003cem\u003eOn War\u003c\/em\u003e as one of the great treatises on strategy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe perfect companion to Thucydides’ impressive history, this volume details the specific strategic concepts at work within the \u003cem\u003eHistory of the Peloponnesian War\u003c\/em\u003e. It demonstrates—through case studies of recent conflicts in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as an examination of the Thucydides trap and the growing Sino-American strategic antagonism—the continuing relevance of Thucydidean thought to an analysis and planning of strategic operations. Some have even credited Thucydides with founding the discipline of international relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by two scholars with extensive experience in this and related fields, \u003cem\u003eThucydides on Strategy\u003c\/em\u003e situates the classical historian solidly in the modern world of war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"C Hurst \u0026 Co Publishers Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54703607972184,"sku":"9781805264460","price":19.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781805264460_1362b3b9-0d2c-4c14-bfcd-72e422429fed.jpg?v=1781325056","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/thucydides-on-strategy","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}