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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kareklas, Iakōvos, 1976-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Lanham Lexington Books, [2020]
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Online Access:EBSCOhost
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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.