The Western Way of War: Infantry Battle in Classical Greece

by Victor Davis Hanson (Author)

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  Paperback
  2009

  $39.66

  Instead of ambush, skirmish, or combat between individual heroes, the Greeks of the fifth century BC devised a ferocious, brief, and destructive head-on clash between armed men of all ages. This work shows how this brutal enterprise was dedicated to the same outcome as consensual government - an unequivocal, instant resolution to dispute.