In the fourth and final volume of his magisterial history of the Peloponnesian War, Donald Kagan examines the period from the destruction of Athens' Sicilian expedition in September of 413 B.C. to the Athenian surrender to Sparta in the spring of 404 B.C. Through his study of this last decade of the war, Kagan evaluates the performance of the Athenian democracy as it faced its most serious challenge. At the same time, Kagan assesses Thucydides' interpretation of the reasons for Athens' defeat and the destruction of the Athenian Empire.
- ISBN10 1322503869
- ISBN13 9781322503868
- Publish Date 1 January 1987
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 4 March 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Cornell University Press
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 476
- Language English