"'A
War Like No Other,'"
Talk Of The Nation, November 14, 2005.
"The Peloponnesian War,"
Talk Of The Nation, May 14, 2003.
"Lysistrata: 'Ancient' War Protest," All Things Considered, NPR, March 4, 2003.
DISCUSSION TOPIC: PELOPONNESIAN WAR AND HISTORY
Some Questions
Starting Places
Victor Hanson, "Our Peloponnesian War," in War Like No Other: Why Sparta Fought Athens (480-431):
Peloponnesian War In The News
Paul Johnson, "'A War Like No Other': Where Hubris Came From," New York Times, October 23, 2005.
William Grimes, "The Brutal War That Broke A Democratic Superpower," New York Times, October 11, 2005.
Laura Miller, "The Last Word; My Favorite War," New York Times, March 21, 2004.
Barry Gewen, "War Is Hell: Get Used To It," New York Times, September 28, 2003.
Bernard Knox, "Greek Against Greek," New York Times, August 10, 2003.
Victor Davis Hanson, "Raw, Relevant History," New York Times, April 18, 1998.
Richard Bernstein, "Why War?: Sifting Through The Past For Answers," New York Times, March 8, 1995.
Oswyn Murray, "Decline To Glory," New York Times, May 22, 1988.
Elmer Davis, "When Peace Without Victory Was A Failure; Ancient Greeks Tried It In The Peloponnesian War, But Their Experiment Resulted Only In Prolonging The Bloodshed For Many Years When Peace Without Victory Was A Failure," New York Times, November 11, 1917.
Articles
Roger Kimball, "The Greek Way Of War," National Review, 57 (November 7, 2005): 46-47.
Paul Cartledge, "Might And Right: Thucydides And The Melos Massacre," History Today, 36 (May 1986).
Elisabeth Young-Bruehl, "What Thucydides Saw," History And Theory, 25 (1986).
Irene Coltman Brown, "Thucydides, Chance And The Dilemma Of Imperialism," History Today, 31 (March 1981).
Web-Sites
History Of The Peloponnesian War: Richard Crawley's translation of Thucydides' famous 431 BC work.
Wikipedia -- Peloponnesian War: An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.
Audio Sources
"'A
War Like No Other,'"
Talk Of The Nation, November 14, 2005.
"The Peloponnesian War,"
Talk Of The Nation, May 14, 2003.
"Lysistrata: 'Ancient' War Protest," All Things Considered, NPR, March 4, 2003.
Thucydides
Thucydides -- Wikipedia: An entry from the on-line encyclopedia.
Thucydides -- Ancient Greece: A very brief biography from a Washington State University history course.
Thucydides -- Crystalinks: Another biographical overview.
