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Transcript: Interview: Donald Kagan discusses the legacy of the Peloponnesian War
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NEAL CONAN
NPR Talk of the Nation
05-14-2003
Interview: Donald Kagan discusses the legacy of the Peloponnesian War
Host: NEAL CONAN
Time: 3:00-4:00 PM
NEAL CONAN, host:
This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.
For many who've suffered through a world history course, the eyes may start to glaze over at the mention of the Peloponnesian War. Well, take another look. An aggressive democracy builds a system of alliances that develops into an empire. A military revolution unhinges the established world order. A disastrous war undermines the institutions of civilized life and unleashes atrocity. It's a tragic story of virtue and ambition, of failed deterrence and military ...
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Article: Peloponnesian War
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;
700+ words
...Peloponnesian War , 431-404 BC, decisive struggle ... Bibliography: The primary source for the Peloponnesian War (to 411) is Thucydides; Xenophon ... Ste. Croix, The Origins of the Peloponnesian War (1972); D. Kagan, The Peloponnesian ...
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