The Classical Art of Command: Eight Greek Generals Who Shaped the History of Warfare

by Joseph Roisman

Book Overview

In The Classical Art of Command, Joseph Roisman examines eight of history's best-known generals and commanders from the Classical Age of Greece. They are: Spartan king Leonidas, who embodied his countrymen's heroic ethos in the battle of Thermopylae; the Athenian leader Themistocles, credited as the architect of Athens' naval power and of the Greek victory over the Persians; the famous democratic leader, Pericles, who prepared Athens and directed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0197607179
• ISBN13: 9780197607176
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"