| War and Democracy: A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War: A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War Contributor(s): McCann, David R. (Author), Strauss, Barry S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765606941 ISBN-13: 9780765606945 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2000 Annotation: Distinguished scholars, policymakers, and journalists compare the effects of prolonged war on ancient Athens during the war with Sparta, and on the United States and the two Koreas, North and South, during the Korean War. Despite the very different circumstances of the two conflicts and the radically different way that each was viewed in its own time, the contributors point to many underlying similarities between the two wars. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - General - Political Science | History & Theory - General - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 938.05 |
| LCCN: 00059588 |
| Series: East Gate Book |
| Physical Information: 1.26" H x 6.38" W x 9.33" (1.55 lbs) 388 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A comparison of the cultural and political/institutional dimensions of war's impact on Greece during the Peloponnesian War, and the United States and the two Koreas, North and South, during the Korean War. It demonstrates the many underlying similarities between the two wars. |