With icy and relentless precision, it confirms every notion that the horrors of modern history may be an aberration - for it refers to total war, terrorism, revolution, and genocide.

The long struggle of life and death between Athens and Sparta plunged the ancient Greek world into decades of war. Thucydides was an Athenian and achieved the rank of general in the early phase of the war, and in this detailed, immediate contemporary account, he writes as both a soldier and a historian. He applies a passion for accuracy and a disdain for myth and romantic narrative, gathering a true record of a devastating conflict that would ultimately destroy the Athenian empire.

Translation: Rex Warner, with introduction and notes by M. I. Finley

Pages: 656, Dimensions: 12.8x12.8cm