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24%OFFJ. E. Lendon - Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity - 9780300119794 - V9780300119794
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Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity

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Description for Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity Paperback. A history of battle from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman empire, this work surveys a millennium of warfare to discover how militaries change, and fail to change, and how an army's greatness depends on the way it exploits the past. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3D; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 548.

A major new history of battle in the ancient world, from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman empire

What set the successful armies of Sparta, Macedon, and Rome apart from those they defeated? In this major new history of battle from the age of Homer through the decline of the Roman empire, J. E. Lendon surveys a millennium of warfare to discover how militaries change—and don’t change—and how an army’s greatness depends on its use of the past. 

Noting this was an age that witnessed few technological advances, J. E. Lendon shows ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
536g
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300119794
SKU
V9780300119794
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About J. E. Lendon
J. E. Lendon teaches history at the University of Virginia. He is the author of Empire of Honour: The Art of Government in the Roman World.

Reviews for Soldiers and Ghosts: A History of Battle in Classical Antiquity
“Brilliantly analyzed.”—William Grimes, New York Times “Soldiers and Ghosts, like any ghost story should be, is fast-paced, cunningly constructed and supplied with an eerie final twist. And it deserves to be read far beyond the confines of university classics departments, because its theme is a universal one: the impulse that drives men to go to war.”—Tom Holland, Sunday Telegraph ... Read more

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