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02624aam a2200397 a 4500 001 C58E753208E211E099B94BC96AFF544E 003 SILO 005 20101216010124 008 090824s2010 nju b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2009034732 020 $a 0691137900 (acid-free paper) 020 $a 9780691137902 (acid-free paper) 035 $a (OCoLC)435711006 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d UKM $d YDXCP $d ERASA $d BWX $d CDX $d MOF $d GEBAY $d CNUKC $d SILO 043 $a aw----- $a ff----- $a aw----- 050 00 $a U29 $b .M26 2010 082 00 $a 355.409/014 $2 22 245 0 $a Makers of ancient strategy : $b from the Persian wars to the fall of Rome / $c edited and Introduced by Victor Davis Hanson. 260 $a Princeton : $b Princeton University Press, $c c2010. 300 $a x, 265 p. ; $c 24 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a From Persia with love : propaganda and imperial overreach in the Greco-Persian Wars / Tom Holland -- Pericles, Thucydides, and the defense of empire / Donald Kagan -- Why fortifications endure : A case study of the walls of Athens during the classical period / David L. Berkey -- Epaminondas the Theban and the doctrine of preemptive war / Victor Davis Hanson -- Alexander the Great, nation building, and the creation and maintenance of empire / Ian Worthington -- Urban warfare in the classical Greek world / John W. I. Lee -- Counterinsurgency and the enemies of Rome / Susan Mattern -- Slave wars of Greece and Rome / Barry Strauss -- Julius Caesar and the general as state -- Adrian Goldsworthy -- Holding the line : frontier defense and the later Roman Empire -- Peter J. Heather. 520 1 $a "Victor Davis Hanson, a leading scholar of ancient military history, gathers prominent thinkers to explore key facets of warfare, strategy, and foreign policy in the Greco-Roman world. From the Persian Wars to the final defense of the Roman Empire, Makers of Ancient Strategy demonstrates that the military thinking and policies of the ancient Greeks and Romans remain surprisingly relevant for understanding conflict in the modern world."--BOOK JACKET. 650 0 $a Military art and science $x History $y To 500. 650 0 $a Military history, Ancient. 648 7 $a Geschichte $2 swd 650 07 $a Antike $2 swd 650 07 $a Krieg $2 swd 650 07 $a Strategie $2 swd 650 07 $a Feldherr $2 swd 651 7 $a Griechenland (Altertum) $2 swd 651 7 $a RoÌmisches Reich $2 swd 700 1 $a Hanson, Victor Davis. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160825055645.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C58E753208E211E099B94BC96AFF544EInitiate Another SILO Locator Search