Attrition: Aspects of Command in the Peloponnesian War

by Godfrey Hutchinson

Essentially a conflict between a land power and a sea power, the Peloponnesian war descended into a grim struggle in which moral standards declined and atrocities were perpetrated on civilian populations. Comparisons can be made between the siege operations of the Spartan and Athenian protagonists and in the developing naval tactics employed where a mixture of attitudes emerged among commanders--some put honor above all else, while others pursued...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1862273235
• ISBN13: 9781862273238
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Spellmount Publishers
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.3"