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The Greek Wars: The Failure of Persia
George Cawkwell
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| #7141390 in Books | 2005-06-16 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 5.70 x1.00 x8.60l,1.18 | File type: PDF | 316 pages||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| First class scholarship, but not for “beginners”|By JPS|This is a rather fascinating book on the Greco-Persian wars and the relations between Greece and the Persian Empire from the mid-sixth century BC right up to and included the conquest of Alexander the Great.
The (relative) originality of the book is to insist on the Persian point of view, showing, as||...revisionist history at its very best...the most insightful and comprehensive analysis to date of Greek and Persian interaction * John Marincola, Classical Journal * The Greek Wars is the fruit of many decades' study - and it shows. * Tom Holland, Times Lite
The Greek Wars treats of the whole course of Persian relations with the Greeks from the coming of Cyrus in the 540s down to Alexander the Great's defeat of Darius III in 331 BC. Cawkwell discusses from a Persian perspective major questions such as why Xerxes' invasion of Greece failed, and how important a part the Great King played in Greek affairs in the fourth century. Cawkwell's views are at many points original: in particular, his explanation of how and why ...
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