Peter Hunt

War, Peace, and Alliance in Demosthenes' Athens (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Every Athenian alliance, every declaration of war, and every peace treaty was instituted by a decision of the assembly, where citizens voted after listening to speeches that presented varied and often opposing arguments about the best course of action. The fifteen preserved assembly speeches of the mid-fourth century BC thus provide an unparalleled body of evidence for the way that Athenians thought and felt about interstate relations: to understand this body of oratory is to understand how the Athenians of that period made decisions about war and peace. This book provides a comprehensive treatment of this subject. It deploys insights from a range of fields, from anthropology to international relations theory, in order not only to describe Athenian thinking, but also to explain it. Athenian thinking turns out to have been complex, sophisticated, and surprisingly familiar both in its virtues and its flaws.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511686801
• Artikelnr.: 38201658

Autorenporträt

Peter, the only child of John and Margaret Hunt, was born in Brighton in July 1940 but, at the age of five, began his life as a child in post-war Hong Kong. At the age of seven, this idyllic life was shattered when he was sent back to England to enrol in a Catholic boarding school in Sussex and later a Catholic boarding public school in Somerset. His later life was spent in advertising and marketing as well as being the author of five books about Jersey where he now lives with Jennifer, his companion of 20 years.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. Economics
3. Militarism
4. The unequal treatment of States
5. Household metaphors
6. Defense and attack
7. Calculations of interest
8. Reciprocity
9. Legalism
10. Peace
11. Conclusion
Appendix 1. Speeches and texts
Appendix 2. Plato and Aristotle on the causes of war
Appendix 3. Claims of service.