Thucydides on international law and political theory
"This book of Thucydidean scholarship demonstrates that international law existed in systematic form in classical Greece. Apart from comprising a philological analysis of some pivotal aspects of the history of the Peloponnesian War, the author argues that the work of Thucydides has greatly infl...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham
Lexington Books,
[2020]
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| Online Access: | EBSCOhost Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Thucydidean Political Realism
- Grounds of War in Classical Greek International Law and Causes of War in Thucydides
- The Origins of Humanitarian Law of Armed Conflict in Thucydides
- Law of Treaties
- Personalities in Thucydides
- The funeral oration of Pericles
- Political Intelligence in the War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians
- Strategy in the Peloponnesian War and Modern International Politics
- The grand strategy of Sparta
- Greek religion in the Politics of the Peloponnesian War
- Metaphysics in the History of Thucydides and Herodotus
- Epilogue.
