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Xenophon's"History"recountsnearlyfiftyturbulentyearsofwarfareinGreecebetween411and362BC.ContinuingthestoryofthePeloponnesianWaratthepointwhereThucydidesfinishedhismagisterialhistory,thisisafascinatingchronicleoftheconflictsthatultimatelyledtothedeclineofGreece,andthewarswithbothThebesandthemightofPersia.AnAthenianbybirth,XenophonbecameafirmsupporteroftheSpartancause,andfoughtagainsttheAtheniansinthebattleofCoronea.Combininghistoryandmemoir,thisisabrilliantaccountofthetriumphsandfailuresofcity-states,andaportraitofGreeceatatimeofcrisis.