{"product_id":"how-to-think-about-war-an-ancient-guide-to-foreign-policy-9780691190150","title":"How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn accessible modern translation of essential speeches from Thucydides's \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e that takes readers to the heart of his profound insights on diplomacy, foreign policy, and war\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhy do nations go to war? What are citizens willing to die for? What justifies foreign invasion? And does might always make right? For nearly 2,500 years, students, politicians, political thinkers, and military leaders have read the eloquent and shrewd speeches in Thucydides's \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Peloponnesian War\u003c\/i\u003e for profound insights into military conflict, diplomacy, and the behavior of people and countries in times of crisis. \u003ci\u003eHow to Think about War\u003c\/i\u003e presents the most influential and compelling of these speeches in an elegant new translation by classicist Johanna Hanink, accompanied by an enlightening introduction, informative headnotes, and the original Greek on facing pages. The result is an ideally accessible introduction to Thucydides's long and challenging \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThucydides intended his account of the clash between classical Greece's mightiest powers--Athens and Sparta--to be a \"possession for all time.\" Today, it remains a foundational work for the study not only of ancient history but also contemporary politics and international relations. \u003ci\u003eHow to Think about War \u003c\/i\u003efeatures speeches that have earned the \u003ci\u003eHistory\u003c\/i\u003e its celebrated status--all of those delivered before the Athenian Assembly, as well as Pericles's funeral oration and the notoriously ruthless \"Melian Dialogue.\" Organized by key debates, these complex speeches reveal the recklessness, cruelty, and realpolitik of Athenian warfighting and imperialism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first English-language collection of speeches from Thucydides in nearly half a century, \u003ci\u003e How to Think about War\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers straight to the heart of this timeless thinker.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohanna Hanink\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of classics at Brown University. Her books include \u003ci\u003eThe Classical Debt: Greek Antiquity in an Era of Austerit\u003c\/i\u003ey. She lives in Rhode Island. Twitter @johannahan\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50635153539346,"sku":"9780691190150","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_272bf46d-a2b9-46d5-900e-848fc9be497e.jpg?v=1732835440","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-think-about-war-an-ancient-guide-to-foreign-policy-9780691190150","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}