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Book VII (eng)
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Oxford University Press, U.S.A., 1979
ISBN 10 : 019872098X
ISBN 13 : 9780198720980
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Vendeur : Brook Bookstore On Demand, Napoli, NA, Italie
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Etat : new. Questo è un articolo print on demand. N° de réf. du vendeur 031a70db509ffab79921dcf81fe735f1
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Thucydides: Book VII
Edité par
Oxford University Press, 1979
ISBN 10 : 019872098X
ISBN 13 : 9780198720980
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paperback
Vendeur : Prior Books Ltd, Cheltenham, Royaume-Uni
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paperback. Etat : Like New. New Edition. A nearly new copy, square and tight with no creases or splits. Contents fresh and clean, not showing any pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition. N° de réf. du vendeur 212710
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Thucydides - Book VII
Edité par
Clarendon Press, 1978
ISBN 10 : 019872098X
ISBN 13 : 9780198720980
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Paperback
Vendeur : Crappy Old Books, Barry, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Good. Thucydides - Book VII , edited by K. J. Dover and published by Clarendon Press in 1978, is a serious classical text devoted to one of the most spectacular military disasters in the ancient world: the catastrophic Athenian expedition to Sicily during the Peloponnesian War. So, naturally, it was once a school book. Book VII of Thucydides covers the final stages of the Sicilian Expedition, when Athens discovered that sending a large army and fleet hundreds of miles from home without a particularly sensible exit strategy might contain certain disadvantages. There are battles, reverses, desperate decisions, collapsing morale and an increasingly unpleasant realisation that the entire enterprise has gone very badly wrong. For students of ancient history, it is gripping. For the Athenians involved, rather less so. Thucydides remains one of the foundational historians of the Western tradition because he was interested not merely in what happened but in why people made the decisions they did. He examines ambition, fear, politics, leadership, military judgement and the alarming human tendency to continue with a bad plan because admitting it was a bad plan would be embarrassing. Fortunately, civilisation has moved beyond that. K. J. Dover was one of the major classical scholars of the twentieth century, and this Clarendon Press edition is designed for serious study, with scholarly apparatus intended to help readers through the language, historical background and complexities of Thucydides? Greek. In other words, this is not the edition for anyone hoping for ?Ancient Greece Made Easy in Ten Minutes? It is the sort of book that expects concentration. Possibly a pencil. Possibly despair. And, in the case of this particular copy, almost certainly homework. This example is an ex-school copy from Old Palace School in Croydon , giving it a particularly appropriate second life. At some point it presumably sat in a classroom, library or classics department, where generations of pupils may have confronted Athenian military catastrophe while quietly wondering whether the lunch bell would come before the next paragraph. Old school books have a charm entirely of their own. They were not bought to look attractive on shelves. They existed to be carried around, opened repeatedly, annotated, stamped, issued, returned, misplaced, rediscovered and occasionally regarded with deep suspicion by someone who had forgotten there was a test. As a result, an ex-school copy has provenance of a very practical sort. This one has actually done some work. The historical material itself remains extraordinarily powerful. The Sicilian Expedition was one of the turning points of the Peloponnesian War, and Thucydides? account of its collapse is one of the great narratives of military history. Plans fail. Commanders disagree. Opportunities disappear. An army becomes trapped. And the optimism with which the expedition began is gradually replaced by survival. It is therefore not only a classical text but a study in strategic overreach of the sort governments have repeatedly found useful to ignore ever since. Published by Clarendon Press , the scholarly imprint of Oxford University Press, this is exactly the sort of sturdy academic edition that looks as though it expects to remain on reading lists indefinitely. And, judging by Thucydides? continued ability to appear in classrooms more than two thousand years after his death, that expectation was not unreasonable. Condition: Good. This is an ex-school copy from Old Palace School, Croydon , and therefore may contain the usual institutional markings, stamps, labels or other evidence of school ownership and use. Otherwise it remains a sound and usable copy with normal age-related wear. Far from being a drawback, the school provenance seems entirely appropriate for a book which has probably spent much of its existence being translated reluctantly at 9:15 on a Wednesday morning. ISBN: 019872098X. A substantial academic edition for students of Greek, classical civilisation, military history and the Peloponnesian War, or anyone who enjoys reading about enormous strategic mistakes from the reassuring distance of approximately 2,400 years. Sold by Crappy Old Books ? where even the ex-school copies have already survived one campaign. N° de réf. du vendeur 7436
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Thucydides: Book 7
Vendeur : Revaluation Books, Exeter, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback. Etat : Brand New. 106 pages. 7.32x4.80x0.47 inches. In Stock. N° de réf. du vendeur zk019872098X
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Book VII
Edité par
Oxford University Press, 1979
ISBN 10 : 019872098X
ISBN 13 : 9780198720980
Neuf
Paperback / softback
Vendeur : THE SAINT BOOKSTORE, Southport, Royaume-Uni
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Paperback / softback. Etat : New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. N° de réf. du vendeur B9780198720980
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Book VII
Edité par
Oxford University Press, 1979
ISBN 10 : 019872098X
ISBN 13 : 9780198720980
Neuf
Einband - flex.(Paperback)
Vendeur : moluna, Greven, Allemagne
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Einband - flex.(Paperback). Etat : New. Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Greek text with introduction and commentary. N° de réf. du vendeur 594411842
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