The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. the Archidamian War, the Peace of Nicias & the Sicilian Expedition, & the Fall of the Athenian Empire

Kagan, Donald

Cornell Univ Pr, 1981

Four volumes of Donald Kagan's acclaimed account of the war between Athens and Sparta (431-404 B.C.). Printed 1981-1987. Hardcover and dust jacket. Minor wear/tear to dust jackets. Good bindings and covers. Foxing to top edges. Pages unmarked.

"The temptation to acclaim Kagan's four volumes as the foremost work of history produced in North America in the twentieth century is vivid. Here is an achievement that not only honors the criteria of dispassion and of unstinting scruple which mark the best of modern historicism but honors its readers." -  George Steiner, The New Yorker 

This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US.