Military & Warfare from Ancient World Books

Faber & Faber. Very Good in Good dust jacket. 1962. Hardcover. Book has rubbing to boards. DJ has some tears and chipping and browning. ; An account of the Spartans' political and military achievements from the time of the great migrations until the beginning of the Persian wars before 490 BC; 164 pages .

Thames and Hudson. Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Hardcover. Shelfwear. Rubbing to extremities. Ex-library copy with usual stamps, call numbers and pocket. Scholar's name to ffep (D. Gerber). Minor pen underlining to about 5 or so pages. Some paper adhered to rear board. ; Aspects of Greek & Roman Life Series; 151 pages; Traces the development… Saber más sobre este artículo

Firenze: La Nuova Italia Editrice. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1967. Second Edition. Hardcover. Endpapers browned. Else minor shelfwear. ; IL Pensiero Storico 38, III; Vol. 3.1; 420 pages .

Stanford University Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1995. Hardcover. 0804724202 . Minor shelfwear. Edgewear to bottom of DJ spine. ; 250 pages; The Byzantine Empire was almost always ready to fight, and often fought for its life. During much of its history its provinces were military districts called themes, and acclamation by the army, not… Saber más sobre este artículo

Greek Museum, University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne. Very Good. 1978. Softcover. Creasing to spine. Minor rubbing. Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). ; 22 pages .

Paul Aströms Förlag. Very Good. 1992. Softcover. 9170421420 . Gift inscription from author to Charlotte on titlepage. Creasing to 1 corner of wraps. ; A good introduction to the very complex and manifold history of Greek fortification in Sicily, especially in the hegemony of Syracuse, between the years of 405 and 211 B. C. ; Skrifter Utgivna… Saber más sobre este artículo

Paul Aströms Förlag. Very Good+. 1992. Softcover. 9170421420 . Gift inscription from author to Jenifer Neils on titlepage. ; A good introduction to the very complex and manifold history of Greek fortification in Sicily, especially in the hegemony of Syracuse, between the years of 405 and 211 B. C. ; Skrifter Utgivna Av Svenska Institutet I … Saber más sobre este artículo

Penguin Books. Very Good. 1998. Paperback. 0140273220 . Creasing to spine. Minor yellowing to pages. ; 6.9 X 4.4 X 1.0 inches; 352 pages .

Yale University Press. Very Good+. 2011. Paperback. 0300177666 . Minor wear to corners of wraps. ; Yale Library Of Military History; 9.2 X 6.1 X 0.7 inches; 256 pages .

Classical Press of Wales. Very Good+. 2009. Paperback. 1905125348 . Faint creasing to 1 corner of wraps. ; The study of Greek warfare should involve much more than reconstructing the experience of combat or revisiting the great wars of the classical period. Here, a distinguished international cast of scholars explores beyond the usual thematic and chronological… Saber más sobre este artículo

The Johns Hopkins University Press. Very Good+ with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 0801827876 . Very faint Bumping to 1 corner. Else very minor shelfwear. ; In 215 BC in the second Punic War, Philip V of Macedonia sent an emissary to Hannibal in order to form an alliance with the Carthaginian general. This alliance was formalized… Saber más sobre este artículo

University of Arkansas Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0938626647 . Former owner's bookplate to ffep. Faint rounding to upper corners. Minor creasing to DJ. ; When people think of the great generals of the Late Roman Republic, most think of Pompey The Great and Julius Caesar but there were other more obscure… Saber más sobre este artículo

Smithsonian Books. Near Fine. 2004. Paperback. 1588341895 . Very Light shelfwear. ; This brilliant account covers a millennium of Greek warfare. With specially commissioned battle maps and vivid illustrations, Victor Davis Hanson takes the reader into the heart of Greek warfare, classical beliefs, and heroic battles. This colorful portrait of ancient Greek culture explains why their… Saber más sobre este artículo

Simon & Schuster. Very Good+. 1994. Softcover. 0684813211 . Pages a bit tanned. ; 0.68 x 8.41 x 5.53 Inches; 272 pages; Shay works from an intriguing premise: that the study of the great Homeric epic of war, The Iliad, can illuminate our understanding of Vietnam, and vice versa. Along the way, he compares the battlefield experiences… Saber más sobre este artículo

Ares Publishers, Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1979. Hardcover. 0890052603 . Spine just slightly dulled. ; Unchanged Reprint of 1902. Looks at the choice of shields among the Greeks. ; 8.75 x 0.25 x 5.75 Inches; 90 pages .

Cornell University Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1976. Hardcover. 0500400032 . Minor shelfwear. ; Aspects of Greek & Roman Life Series; 151 pages; Traces the development of Ancient Greek armaments from the Mycenae period to Macedon, and discusses the role that military events played in the history of the Greeks. 60 illustrations. .

Westview Press. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0813318041 . DJ spine a bit sunned. Faint shelfwear to DJ. Lower corners edgeworn. ; History And Warfare; 9.1 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 241 pages .

Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: University of California Press. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2001. Hardcover. 0520231236 . Book is fine. DJ has very light shelfwear; The complex and distinctive Spartan tradition has been a prominent theme in western thinking from antiquity to today. Sparta is also one of a handful of ancient Greek cities with enough existing… Saber más sobre este artículo

Classical Press of Wales. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2006. Hardcover. 1905125070 . DJ spine a bit sunned. ; 9.2 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 362 pages .

Oxford University Press. Fine. 2005. Paperback. 0192804707 . Greek and Roman warfare was unlike that of any other culture before or since. The key difference is often held to be that the Greeks and Romans practiced a "Western Way of War," in which the aim is an open, decisive battle--won by courage instilled, in part, by discipline.… Saber más sobre este artículo