Download or read book Operational Art s Historical Origins The Sicilian Campaign of 415 413 B C written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Instructional material used in the Naval War College leads students to the conclusion that operational art and the operational level of war is a relatively recent development. Writers point to the development of progressively larger and more complex battlefields. They argue that general officers operated beyond the visual range of national leaders to achieve an integrated pursuit of national objectives. This "new" level of war began to emerge only in the pre-industrial age of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. One could instead argue that the operational level of war is not a recent development in warfare, but one that has existed even in ancient times. The Athenian campaign during the Peloponnesian War to conquer Sicily meets all the criteria used to describe the relationship between levels of war. It linked Athenian national strategy with tactical operations on the sea and ground. The size of the forces, the complex command and control structure, long lines of communication, and the fact that the force operated in a joint environment far from their national leadership all lead one to believe it was indeed an early example of the operational level of war and operational art.
Download or read book Democracy and Empire written by Alexander O. Boulton and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-10-07 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Athens’ decision to invade Sicily in 415 BCE marked an important turning point in its war with Sparta, which led ultimately to Athens’ defeat and the collapse of its empire. This is the story of the men who persuaded the Athenians to make war against Sicily and who led the great armada against the island in middle of the Mediterranean. The Athenian and Spartan leaders in the war between Athens and Sparta take center stage in this story. But their story cannot be told apart from the political and social structures, along with the religious practices, and the roles of women, foreigners, and slaves in Athens during the great intellectual awaking of Athens in the fifth-century BCE. Underlying all of this is the story of the complex relationship between Athens’ democracy and its empire. It is a story that has important lessons for the world today.
Download or read book Expedition to Disaster written by Philip Matyszak and published by Pen and Sword. This book was released on 2013-01-19 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thrillingly vivid history recounts a pivotal battle of the Peloponnesian War, bringing the drama and personalities of the Sicilian Expedition to life. The Athenian expedition to conquer Sicily was one of the most significant military events of the classical period. At the time, Athens was locked in a decades-long struggle with Sparta for mastery of the Greek world. The expedition to Sicily was intended to win Athens the extra money and resources needed to crush the Spartans. With the aid of new archaeological discoveries, Expedition to Disaster reconstructs the mission, and the ensuing siege, in greater detail than ever before. The cast of characters includes Alcibiades, the flamboyant, charismatic young aristocrat; Nicias, the ageing, reluctant commander of the ill-fated expedition, and Gylippus, the grim Spartan general sent to command the defense of Syracuse. It was he who turned the tables on the Athenian invaders. They were surrounded, besieged, and forced to ask for mercy from a man who had none. Philip Matyszak's combination of thorough research and gripping narrative presents an episode of ancient history packed with colorful characters and dramatic tension.
Download or read book Syracuse 415 413 BC written by Nic Fields and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2008-05-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Osprey's study of one of the most important battles of the Peloponnesian War (431 - 404 BC). In 415 BC Athens launched a large expeditionary force, its goal the rich, grain-producing island of Sicily. This was in response to a call for help in a minor war from an old ally but the true objectives were the powerful city of Syracuse, suspected of supporting Athens' Peloponnesian enemies, and imperial expansion. The Athenians won an inconclusive victory over the Syracusans late in the year and renewed their attack in the spring of 414. After a period of energetic siege warfare and a series of large-scale battles on land and sea, the Syracusans gained the upper hand and the expedition ended in total disaster with grave consequences for the future of Athens. Nic Fields explores the background of this foolhardy venture in which Athens took on a nation that was militarily and financially strong and over 700 miles distant. Then, following the narrative of Thucydides, the chronicler of the Peloponnesian War, he describes and explains the long and violent campaign that pitted the two largest democracies of the Greek world against each other.
Download or read book The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition written by Donald Kagan and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why did the Peace of Nicias fail to reconcile Athens and Sparta? In the third volume of his landmark four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the years between the signing of the peace treaty and the destruction of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 413 B.C. The principal figure in the narrative is the Athenian politician and general Nicias, whose policies shaped the treaty and whose military strategies played a major role in the attack against Sicily.
Download or read book The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition written by Donald Kagan and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new evaluation of the origins and causes of the Peloponnesian War, based on evidence produced by modern scholarship and on a careful reconsideration of the ancient texts.
Download or read book The Sicilian Expedition written by Percival Frost and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Frost's account of the Athenian expedition to Sicily in 415 BC is a gripping and detailed chronicle of one of the most disastrous military campaigns in ancient history. Drawing on a range of sources, including Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War, Frost offers a vivid and insightful analysis of the personalities and events that shaped this tragic episode. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Sparta s Sicilian Proxy War written by Paul A. Rahe and published by Encounter Books. This book was released on 2023-09-26 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great expedition to Sicily described in the sixth and seventh books of Thucydides’ history can be depicted in a variety of ways. By some, it has been thoughtfully treated as an example of overreaching on the part of the Athenians. By others, it has been singled out as a sterling example of patriotism, courage, and grit on the part of the Syracusans. Never until now, however, has anyone examined this conflict from a Spartan perspective – despite the fact that Lacedaemon was the war’s principal beneficiary and that her intervention with the dispatch of a single Spartiate – turned the tide and decided the outcome. In Sparta’s Sicilian Proxy War, Paul Rahe first outlines the struggle’s origins and traces its progress early on, then examines the reasons for Sparta’s intervention, analyzes the consequences, and retells the story of Athens’ ignominious defeat. Rarely in human history has a political community gained so much at so little cost through the efforts of a single man.
Download or read book Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition written by Alfred John Church and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition Classic Reprint written by Alfred John Church and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition D - The Circular Fort. Bee - Investing wall (unfinished) built by the Athenians. Fff - Intercepting wall (1) built by the Syracusans. Ggg - Intercepting wall (2) built by the Syracusans. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Fall of the Athenian Empire written by Donald Kagan and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the last volume of a history of the Peloponnesian War.
Download or read book Operational Art in Classical Warfare written by Mark G. Carey and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Operational Art in Classical Warfare written by Mark G. Carey and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest generals and practitioners of military craft fought successfully over two thousand years ago. Between 335 and 325 B.C., Alexander the Great campaigned into Persia and India with the aim of conquering the known world. His distinguished military victories are a clear testament to his tactical brilliance; however, his genius extended beyond the bounds of tactics alone. He linked the tactical and strategic levels of war. This monograph examines these campaigns, using the definitions and criteria for operational art found within the current U.S. Army FM 100-5 Operations, to determine Alexander the Great used operational art during this period of classical warfare. Along with this doctrinal view, two theories that assert that operational art began in the nineteenth century are considered. Theories provide students with useful tools for historical analysis; yet, they are not the final determining factor and must be tempered with an understanding that the criteria could skew the conclusions. Furthermore, focusing merely on modern campaigns limits the scope of study and excludes potentially valuable bodies of knowledge from the student of military history.
Download or read book The Century Cyclopedia of Names written by Smith and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Century Cyclopedia of Names written by Benjamin Eli Smith and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Fight for Greek Sicily written by Melanie Jonasch and published by Oxbow Books. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The island of Sicily was a highly contested area throughout much of its history. Among the first to exert strong influence on its political, cultural, infrastructural, and demographic developments were the two major decentralized civilizations of the first millennium BCE: the Phoenicians and the Greeks. While trade and cultural exchange preceded their permanent presence, it was the colonizing movement that brought territorial competition and political power struggles on the island to a new level. The history of six centuries of colonization is replete with accounts of conflict and warfare that include cross-cultural confrontations, as well as interstate hostilities, domestic conflicts, and government violence. This book is not concerned with realities from the battlefield or questions of military strategy and tactics, but rather offers a broad collection of archaeological case studies and historical essays that analyze how political competition, strategic considerations, and violent encounters substantially affected rural and urban environments, the island’s heterogeneous communities, and their social practices. These contributions, originating from a workshop in 2018, combine expertise from the fields of archaeology, ancient history, and philology. The focus on a specific time period and the limited geographic area of Greek Sicily allows for the thorough investigation and discussion of various forms of organized societal violence and their consequences on the developments in society and landscape.
Download or read book The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia The Century cyclopedia of names ed by Benjamin E Smith written by William Dwight Whitney and published by . This book was released on 1903 with total page 1106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
