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The Peloponnesian War - A Conflict of Ideologies

This 5 page paper argues that Thucydides' history of the Peloponnesian War states that the reason for the conflict was the politic...

Public & Private Interests/Peloponnesian War

aid and had been made a part of the defensive alliance formed by the Athenians. Since Corinth was allied with Sparta, the foundati...

How Americans Were Also at War on the Homefront During the Second World War and the War in Vietnam

In five pages this report discusses how conflicting ideologies were responsible for soldiers to continue to fight overseas' wars a...

Twenty Seven Year Conflict Known as the Peloponnesian War

and about 700 allies, were to delay the invading Persians for as long as possible. The idea was that an elite force, willing to s...

Athens and the Peloponnesian War

relationship to one complaint and event prior to the war: "the complaint of Corinth was that her colony of Potidaea, and Corinthia...

The Nature of War: The Iliad, Herodotus’ Histories, and Thucydides Peloponnesian War

ultimately started the war, Priam, his father and the king of Troy, and Hector, the other son of Priam. While there are other impo...

Second World War Participation of Japan

In seven pages this paper examines why Japan became embroiled in the Second World War conflict and its failed effort....

The Causes of the Persian Wars, 499-404 BCE

Ionian Greeks under Persian rule, with the other Greeks were free, a state of affairs that was going to cause trouble sooner or la...

The Tides of War by Steven Pressfield

dropping bombs from 30,000 feet or sitting in a headquarters building and pushing a button to annihilate soldiers thousands of mil...

The Changing View of Warfare

First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...

The Changing Nature of War

been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...

Balkans 1913 to 1914 Ideologies and Conflicts

In six pages this research paper considers the conflicts and ideologies of the Balkans during this time period in order to gain a ...

The Persian Gulf War and U.S. Involvement

This 7 page paper outlines the factors behind the Persian Gulf War and the U.S. military strategy during the conflict. The writer ...

The Peloponnesian War and Cold War Parallels

argued that insecurity has been "one fundamental factor affecting Soviet policy" (Diplomatic Telegrams) since the beginnings of th...

Finding Peace in a Culture of War

individual is exposed to any type of experience there is the potential for that individual to be desensitized to any experiences t...

The U.S. Civil War: Causes and Implications

deal of power because their populations were growing so much. At the same time, Southern States were losing power and they began t...

Classical Literature and the Hero

In ten pages this paper contrasts and compares the hero's role in Sophocles' Antigone, Thucydides' The History of the Peloponnesia...

The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault

of restrained antagonism -- somewhat similar to the "Cold War" of the 1950s and 60s -- simmered just under the surface, threatenin...

The Peloponnesian War According to Thucydides

This 5 page paper summarizes the major themes of Thucydides' accounts of the Peloponnesian War. The bibliography lists the primary...

The Peloponnesian War as Described by Thucydides

At the beginning of this extended speech, the representative from Corcyra prefaces his narrative of events with an appeal that is ...

An Analysis of Thucydides

In a paper consisting of six pages the writer argues that in History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides regards the Athens defeat...

Justice According to Thucydides and Plato

has Socrates presented with various definitions of justice. Socrates is always opposed to any rule or definition that can be appli...

Classicism and Greek Culture

a decidedly different climate in relation to justice. The end of the Classical period brought with it Alexanders death, as well a...

Thucydides and his accuracy as a historian

the objectivity he professed" (Lattimore xiii). As this postmodern revisionist view of Thucydides suggests, his historical accurac...

Why Livy And Thucydides Chose To Write About War and Rome

after being cast into the water in a basket -- survived and ultimately grew up with the intent to seek revenge against the king (a...

An Examination of the Cold War and Why It Did Not Result in a Major War

first stage of escalation sees the parties to the conflict shift from the use of light strategies towards heavy tactics. Light tac...

Social Work Practice and Theory

In addition, she makes the point that when considering any social phenomenon, there will invariably be a diversity of interpretati...

Contemporary Warfare and Changes in Ideology

The development in terms of warfare has changed the nature of warfare since World War II. One can see this in the types of wars th...

Ideology of Mahatma Gandhi

In twelve pages Gandhi's ideology is critically analyzed. Six sources are cited in the bibliography....

The Peloponnesian War of Thucydides and Greek Culture

In four pages this paper examines the historical text on the Pelopponesian War by Thucydides in a consideration of the cultural di...