Ancient Greek Civil War

[mcgrunt]

Victor Davis Hanson has wriitten another great book .
"A War Like No Other " about the Pelopennisian War over two thousand years ago. The Greek city states offered a great deal to civilization, they were early experiments in democracy . Hanson , a classicist scholar with a talent for writing very readable books , has explained those tumultous times that when the Greek city states had banded together to fight off outside invaders they were at their best . But when they had defeated the invaders the loose alliances turned on themselves .
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It began an evolution in warfare that left the ritualized phalanx combat for light troops , total war and an unfortuate relapse into barbarism . Hanson's book should be beside Thuycidides' classic work " The Pelopennisain War "

A heck of a good book . Goes up on the shelf with his earlier classic " A Western Way of War"

[revwardoc]

Does it mention anything about the Greek army motto: "Never Leave Your Buddy's Behind".

[mcgrunt]

The book is about a bloody, damaging war. It is about the breakdown / change of what had been a promising time in civilization's devopement . Hanson is a good writer , give the book a recon .

[Bill Farnie]

Originally posted by revwardoc Does it mention anything about the Greek army motto: "Never Leave Your Buddy's Behind".

LOL

[Advisor]

In other words, ya had to watch your 6 even back then, eh?