A Companion to Greek Warfare

<p><b>Provides a broad and deep exploration of&nbsp;</b><b>ancient Greek and Macedonian warfare</b>&nbsp;</p> <p><i>A Companion to Greek Warfare&nbsp;</i>is an authoritative&nbsp;survey of all major&nbsp;areas&nbsp;in the field of Greek and Macedonian military history, covering&nbsp;diverse&nbsp;operational,&nbsp;economic, social, psychological, and cultural&nbsp;aspects&nbsp;of ancient warfare.&nbsp;Bringing together&nbsp;essays by&nbsp;both&nbsp;international authorities and young scholars, this edited volume&nbsp;exposes readers to alternative views&nbsp;and original interpretations&nbsp;in&nbsp;a host of&nbsp;old&nbsp;and&nbsp;new&nbsp;topics.&nbsp;</p> <p>Wide&nbsp;in scope, the book presents thematically&nbsp;organized chapters that explore&nbsp;the&nbsp;nature of Greek warfare, military training, discipline, and organization, the economics, pathology, and psychology of war, and depictions of war in Greek art and literature.&nbsp;Entire&nbsp;chapters&nbsp;deal with neglected topics such as&nbsp;espionage, propaganda,&nbsp;war crimes, emotional trauma, the role of women in warfare,&nbsp;Greeks in foreign service,&nbsp;and&nbsp;the armies and methods of the Greeks&rsquo; and the Macedonians&rsquo; opponents.&nbsp;Presenting a uniquely wide range of topics and contexts, this volume:&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <ul style=”margin-bottom: 0in; font-size: medium; margin-top: 0in; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;” type=”disc”> <li style=”margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;”>Features contributions from ancient historians and scholars,&nbsp;including&nbsp;archaeologists,&nbsp;naval historians, and other specialists&nbsp;&nbsp;</li> <li style=”margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;”>Offers broad chronological and geographical coverage, including&nbsp;the&nbsp;Bronze Age and early Greek wars, the Persian Wars, the&nbsp;campaigns&nbsp;of Alexander, and the wars in Sicily&nbsp;</li> <li style=”margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.25in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; user-select: text; -webkit-user-drag: none; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; cursor: text; overflow: visible;”>Edited by internationally&nbsp;recognized experts in&nbsp;early Greek&nbsp;prosopography, warfare, and military history;&nbsp;Macedonian warfare and military history; Greek law and customs; and the history of scholarship in the field of Greek warfare&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Part of the acclaimed&nbsp;<i>Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World&nbsp;</i>series<i>,&nbsp;</i><i>A Companion to Greek Warfare</i><i>&nbsp;</i>is an important resource for instructors, students, and scholars in all fields of ancient Greek history, particularly military history, and the perfect addition to the library of any general reader with interest in ancient military history.&nbsp;</p>