Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition

by Donald Kagan

Book Overview

Why did the Peace of Nicias fail to reconcile Athens and Sparta? In the third volume of his landmark four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C. The principal figure in the narrative is the Athenian politician and general Nicias, whose policies shaped the treaty and whose military strategies played a major...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801499402
• ISBN13: 9780801499401
• Release Date: May 1991
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher