THE GREEKS AT WAR

Philip de Souza, Waldemar Heckel and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Subtitle: From Athens to Alexander, Osprey, U.K. 2004, 285 pgs., index, reading, excellent masps, chronology, illustrations, paperback

Reviewer Comments:
As the table of context indicates the book is about much more than the wars.

Part I: The Greek and Persian Wars 449 - 386 B.C.

Background to war - The comng of the Persians

Warring sides - Persia, Sparta and Athens

Outbreak - Dareios sends an expedition to Greece

The fighting - Xerxes' invasion of Geece

Portrait of a soldier - Aristoclemos the Spartan

The world around war - Persian Architecture

Portraits of civilians - Demokecles and Dernaratos

How the wars ended - The Greeks attack the Persian Empire

Part II: The Peloponnesian War 431 - 404 B.C.

Background to war - The Rise of Athens

Warring sides - Athens and Sparta

Outbreak - Fear and suspicion lead to war

The fighting - The first twenty years

Portrait of a soldier - A ship's captain at war

The world around war - Politics and culture

Portrait of a civilian - Hipparete, an Athenian citizen woman

How the war ended - The fall of Athens

Conclusion and consequences - The Triumpf of Sparta?

Part IIi: The Wars of Alexander the Great, 336 - 323 B.C.

Background to war - The decline of the city-states and the rise of Macedon

Warring sides - The Persians, the Macedonians and allied troops

Outbreak - Alexander's rise to power

The fighting - Alexander conquers an empire

Portrait of a soldier - Two generals and a satrap

The world around war - Rome, Carthage and India

Portrait of a civilian - A historian, athelets and courtesans

How the war ended - The death of Alexander

The Wars of the Sucessors (323 - 301 B.C.)

Conclusion and consequences

Glossary

Appendix