Spartas First Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 478446 BC Audiobook (Free)

Winner of the 2019 Stratfor Reserve Honor for Geopolitical Analysis

A companion volume to The Spartan Regime as well as the Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta that explores the collapse of the Spartan‑Athenian alliance

During the Persian Wars, Sparta and Athens worked well in tandem to beat what was, in terms of relative resources and power, the best empire in history. For the decade . 5 that implemented, they continued their cooperation until a rift opened up and a rigorous, strategic rivalry about Sparta’s First Attic Battle: The Grand Strategy of Traditional Sparta, 478-446 BC started. In a continuation of his series on historic Sparta, observed historian Paul Rahe examines the grounds for their alliance, the reason why because of its eventual collapse, and the 1st stage in an enduring issue that would wreak havoc on Greece for six decades. Throughout, Rahe argues the fact that alliance between Sparta and Athens and their eventual rivalry were extensions of their home policy and that the grand technique each articulated in the wake from the Persian Wars and the discord that arose in credited course grew from the compared material passions and moral imperatives natural within their different regimes.