Marrying the Mistress

Forthreedecadesinthefifthcenturyb.c.theancientworldwastornapartbyaconflictthatwasasdramatic,divisive,anddestructiveastheworldwarsofthetwentiethcentury:thePeloponnesianWar.DonaldKagan,oneoftheworld'smostrespectedclassical,political,andmilitaryhistorians,herepresentsanewaccountofthisviciouswarofGreekagainstGreek,AthenianagainstSpartan.ThePeloponnesianWarisamagisterialworkofhistorywrittenforgeneralreaders,offeringafreshexaminationofapivotalmomentinWesterncivilization.Withalively,readablenarrativethatconveysarichlydetailedportraitofavanishedworldwhilehonoringitstimelessrelevance,ThePeloponnesianWarisachronicleoftheriseandfallofagreatempireandofadarktimewhoselessonsstillresonatetoday.