| ID | 075063 |
| Title Proper | Thucydides and strategy |
| Other Title Information | formations of grand strategy in the history of the second Peloponnesian war (431-404 BC) |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Tsakiris, Theodore George |
| Publication | 2006. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | No ancient scholar made a larger contribution to both the theoretical and practical understanding of grand strategy than did the Athenian historian Thucydides the Alimousian. This paper reconstructs the historical context of his History by analyzing it through the multidisciplinary lenses of strategic theory. It highlights the basic "bones of contention" in the historical debate of the last 150 years concerning the causes of the war; the systemic and bilateral balance of power; the political, economic, military and diplomatic parameters that influenced its outcome; and the efficiency of the major alternative strategies followed by Athens and its main adversaries throughout the duration of the conflict. |
| `In' analytical Note | Comparative Strategy Vol. 25, No. 3; Jul/Sep 2006: p173-208 |
| Journal Source | Comparative Strategy Vol: 25 No 3 |
| Key Words | Strategy ; Theory ; Thucydides ; Grand Strategy ; Balance of Power ; Security Environment |