Thucydides and Internal War [Paperback]

This 2001 book explains in detail Thucydides' abstract model of internal war.This book explains in detail Thucydides' abstract model of internal war, and then shows how, by the terms of the model itself, Thucydides perceived and narrated the Peloponnesian War not as a conventional war but as an internal conflict. Viewing the great war as a destructive internal conflict had profound consequences for Thucydides' understanding of this particular war and all wars in general, and of Greece as a whole.This book explains in detail Thucydides' abstract model of internal war, and then shows how, by the terms of the model itself, Thucydides perceived and narrated the Peloponnesian War not as a conventional war but as an internal conflict. Viewing the great war as a destructive internal conflict had profound consequences for Thucydides' understanding of this particular war and all wars in general, and of Greece as a whole.This book explains in detail Thucydides' abstract model of internal war, and then shows how, by the terms of the model itself, Thucydides perceived and narrated the Peloponnesian War not as a conventional war but as an internal conflict. Viewing the great war as a destructive internal conflict had profound consequences for Thucydides' understanding of this particular war and all wars in general, and of Greece as a whole.Preface; Part I. The Model of Stasis: 1. Beyond Corcyra; Part II. Logoi: 2. The transvaluation of words; 3. Hellenic states redefine the community of Hellas; 4. The failure of communication; Part III. Erga: 5. The 'greatest kinesis'; 6. The Peloponnesian war and stasis; Part IV. Thucydides and Hellas: 7. The archaeology, the Pentekontaetia and the Persians; List of works cited; General index; Index locorum. I highly recommend this book, which is extremely well produced...and includes a useful bibliography and indices. The analysis is first-rate. James V. Morrison, Centre College The book is well written; there is a long bibliography. For rlƒ<