ID3 %TALB The Peloponnesian WarTPE1 Donald KaganTCOP Blackstone Audio, Inc.TCON HistoryTIT2 The Peloponnesian War - Part 01TRCK 1COMM ENG
For almost three decades at the end of the fifth century B.C. the ancient world was torn apart in a conflict that was, within its historical context, as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the great world wars of the twentieth century. The Peloponnesian War pitted Greek against Greek: the Athenians, with their glorious empire, rich legacy of democracy and political rights, and extraordinary cultural achievement, against the militaristic, oligarchic Spartan state. The result was a period of unprecedented brutality, one that violated even the rugged code that had previously governed Greek combat, and led to an enormous destruction of life and property, intensification of factional and class hostility, and a reversal of the trend toward democratic development. With these came a collapse in the habits, institutions, beliefs, and restraints that had long been the foundation of civilization.
Now Donald Kagan, one of the world's most respected historians, has written a new...TLEN
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