Great Strategic Rivalries: From the Classical World to the Cold War

by James Lacey

Book Overview

From the legendary antagonism between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War to the Napoleonic Wars and the two World Wars of the twentieth century, the past is littered with long-term strategic rivalries. History tells us that such enduring rivalries can end in one of three ways: a series of exhausting conflicts in which one side eventually prevails, as in the case of the Punic Wars between ancient Rome and Carthage, a peaceful and hopefully...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190053194
• ISBN13: 9780190053192
• Release Date: May 2020
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 680 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"