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The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition | Donald Kagan

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Why did the Peace of Nicias fail to reconcile Athens and Sparta? In the third volume of his landmark four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C. The principal figure in the narrative is the Athenian politician and general Nicias, whose policies shaped the treaty and whose military strategies played a major role in the attack against Sicily.

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The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition | Donald Kagan

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A clear 5 star book for me. Donald Kagan never fails to give a clear picture of the military and political situation at the time, the analysis of contemporary and modern historians as well as his own. The Peloponnesian War is immensely complex and piecing it all together has literally taken centuries, now the modern reader benefits greatly. This quartet is about the best historical writing I‘ve come across out of about 400 book.

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