War And Peace In The Ancient World

Author : Kurt A. Raaflaub
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470775475
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Peace in the Ancient World written by Kurt A. Raaflaub and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first to focus on war and peace in the ancient world from a global perspective. The first book to focus on war and peace in the ancient world Takes a global perspective, covering a large number of early civilizations, from China, India and West Asia, through the Mediterranean to the Americas Features contributions from nineteen distinguished scholars, all of whom are experts in their fields Offers remarkable insights into the different ways in which ancient societies dealt with a common human challenge Requires no prior historical knowledge, making it suitable for non-specialists

Author : Philip de Souza
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521174145
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Peace in Ancient and Medieval History written by Philip de Souza and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011-03-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a major study of the ideas and practices involved in the making and breaking of peace treaties and truces from Classical Greece to the time of the Crusades. Leading specialists on war and peace in ancient and medieval history examine the creation of peace agreements, and explore the extent to which their terms could be manipulated to serve the interests of one side at the other's expense. The chapters discuss a wide range of uses to which treaties and other peace agreements were put by rulers and military commanders in pursuit of both individual and collective political aims. The book also considers the wider implications of these issues for our understanding of the nature of war and peace in the ancient and medieval periods. This broad-ranging account includes chapters on ancient Persia, the Roman and Byzantine Empires, Anglo-Saxon England and the Vikings.

Author : Kurt A. Raaflaub
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118645111
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peace in the Ancient World written by Kurt A. Raaflaub and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-03-16 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories conducts a comparative investigation of why certain ancient societies produced explicit concepts and theories of peace and others did not. Explores the idea that concepts of peace in antiquity occurred only in periods that experienced exceptional rates of warfare Utilizes case studies of civilizations in China, India, Egypt, and Greece Complements the 2007 volume War and Peace in the Ancient World, drawing on ideas from that work and providing a more comprehensive examination

Author : Leo Tolstoi
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3732632830
Total Pages : 1122 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Peace written by Leo Tolstoi and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2018-04-04 with total page 1122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoi

Author : Adrian Goldsworthy
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300222262
Total Pages : 653 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pax Romana written by Adrian Goldsworthy and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 653 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The leading ancient world historian and author of Caesar presents “an engrossing account of how the Roman Empire grew and operated” (Kirkus). Renowned for his biographies of Julius Caesar and Augustus, Adrian Goldsworthy turns his attention to the Roman Empire as a whole during its height in the first and second centuries AD. Though this time is known as the Roman Peace, or Pax Romana, the Romans were fierce imperialists who took by force vast lands stretching from the Euphrates to the Atlantic coast. The Romans ruthlessly won peace not through coexistence but through dominance; millions died and were enslaved during the creation of their empire. Pax Romana examines how the Romans came to control so much of the world and asks whether traditionally favorable images of the Roman peace are true. Goldsworthy vividly recounts the rebellions of the conquered, examining why they broke out, why most failed, and how they became exceedingly rare. He reveals that hostility was just one reaction to the arrival of Rome and that from the outset, conquered peoples collaborated, formed alliances, and joined invaders, causing resistance movements to fade away.

Author : Donald Kagan
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0385423756
Total Pages : 625 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Origins of War written by Donald Kagan and published by Anchor. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 625 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant and vitally important history of why states go to war, by the acclaimed, award-winning author of The Peloponnesian War. War has been a fact of life for centuries. By lucidly revealing the common threads that connect the ancient confrontations between Athens and Sparta and between Rome and Carthage with the two calamitous World Wars of the twentieth century, renowned historian Donald Kagan reveals new and surprising insights into the nature of war and peace. Vivid, incisive, and accessible, Kagan's powerful narrative warns against complacency and urgently reminds us of the importance of preparedness in times of peace.

Author : Peter Turchin
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780452288195
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Peace and War written by Peter Turchin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that the key to the formation of an empire lies in a society's capacity for collective action, resulting from people banding together to confront a common enemy, and describing how the growth of empires leads to a growing dichotomy between rich and poor, increasing conflict instead of cooperation, and inevitable dissolution. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

Author : Matthew Melko
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peace in the Western World written by Matthew Melko and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Kurt A. Raaflaub
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 111864512X
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Peace in the Ancient World written by Kurt A. Raaflaub and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-05-23 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peace in the Ancient World: Concepts and Theories conducts a comparative investigation of why certain ancient societies produced explicit concepts and theories of peace and others did not. Explores the idea that concepts of peace in antiquity occurred only in periods that experienced exceptional rates of warfare Utilizes case studies of civilizations in China, India, Egypt, and Greece Complements the 2007 volume War and Peace in the Ancient World, drawing on ideas from that work and providing a more comprehensive examination

Author : Dr John Rich
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113480783X
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book War and Society in the Greek World written by Dr John Rich and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of warfare is central to our understanding of the ancient Greek world. In this book and the companion work, War and Society in the Roman World, the wider social context of war is explored. This volume examines its impact on Greek society from Homeric times to the age of Alexander and his successors and discusses the significance of the causes and profits of war, the links between war, piracy and slavery, and trade, and the ideology of warfare in literature and sculpture.