Men of Bronze: Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece - Hardcover

Kagan, Donald; Viggiano, Gregory; Viggiano, Gregory F.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0691143013 ISBN 13: 9780691143019

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2013

Synopsis

Unusual book

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Review:

"This is the new hoplite book everyone has been waiting for--punchy, stimulating, up-to-date, and full of excitement and contention, like a hoplite scrum."--John Ma, University of Oxford

"Controversies of great interest surround the topic of hoplite warfare and its connections to Greek society and culture. The scholars contributing to this excellent volume include some of the best in the world. The chapters present often-divergent views on crucial issues. Scholars of Greek military history, war and society, and archaic Greece will want to consult this important collection."--Peter Hunt, University of Colorado, Boulder

"In no other work will readers find the foremost experts on Greek political and military history, including Paul Cartledge, Donald Kagan, Hans Van Wees, and Peter Krentz, together."--Choice

"This book is geared to presenting the parameters of the hoplite debate in the clearest possible terms, a goal in which it succeeds. Anyone charged with teaching about hoplite warfare and its role in Greek history, let alone anyone doing original research on the subject, will find this book useful and necessary."---Matthew A. Sears, Bryn Mawr Classical Review

"Men of Bronze carries the debate forward brilliantly and, in the process, illuminates many other facets of the archaic and classical Greek world."---William Shepherd, Anglo-Hellenic Review

About the Author:

Donald Kagan is Sterling Professor of Classics and History at Yale University. His most recent books are The Peloponnesian War and Thucydides: The Reinvention of History. Gregory F. Viggiano is associate professor of history at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, Connecticut. He and Kagan are the authors of Problems in the History of Ancient Greece.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0691143013
• ISBN 13: 9780691143019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 312