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This is a military history of the two Persian invasions of Greece, the first of which came to grief at Marathon, the second at Salamis and Plataia. The conflicts are largely examined in terms of the fifth century BC, avioding modern conceptions, and from the Persian as well as the Greek point of view.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: The Evidence
  • Chapter 2: Greeks and Persians
  • Chapter 4: The Mountains LOok on Marathon
  • Chapter 5: Fist Blood
  • Chapter 6: Phoney War
  • Chapter 7: Divine Salamis
  • Chapter 8: With Friends Like These?
  • Chapter 9: The Dorian Spear
  • Chapter 10: Conclusions

The Defence of Greece

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      Publisher: Liverpool University Press
      Publication Date: 1/1/1993 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780856685910, 978-0856685910
      ISBN10: 0856685917

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This is a military history of the two Persian invasions of Greece, the first of which came to grief at Marathon, the second at Salamis and Plataia. The conflicts are largely examined in terms of the fifth century BC, avioding modern conceptions, and from the Persian as well as the Greek point of view.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Chapter 1: The Evidence
      • Chapter 2: Greeks and Persians
      • Chapter 4: The Mountains LOok on Marathon
      • Chapter 5: Fist Blood
      • Chapter 6: Phoney War
      • Chapter 7: Divine Salamis
      • Chapter 8: With Friends Like These?
      • Chapter 9: The Dorian Spear
      • Chapter 10: Conclusions

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