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For those interested in a compelling fictional treatment of major events in the Pelopennesian War, I am currently reading Steven Pressfield's "The Tides Of War" which chronicles the rise and fall (and rise and fall) of Alcibiades. That and his earlier "Gates Of Fire" on the epic stand of the 300 Spartans at Thermopylae are both outstanding.
Thucydides ... an author of the time is highly recommended.
...Most of the time..C-SPAN, BookTV is wanting.
...but there are times when BookTV scores a real hit...this was one of those times. :D ..Its on my Christmas list.
okay, not a duplicate, but we do have this one...
'A War Like No Other': Where Hubris Came From (Victor Davis Hanson book reviewed)
NYTimes | October 23, 2005 | PAUL JOHNSON
Posted on 10/22/2005 3:27:19 PM PDT by baseball_fan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1507425/posts