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480 BC, 59–60; fortification building and,
tization and, 5–6; counterinsurgency and,
58–64, 70, 75, 81n16; Hippodamus and, 64;
178–79; diplomacy and, 215; fortifications
naval power and, 58–60, 63–65; Pentekon-
and, 76–77; Freedom Tower and, 80n13;
taetia and, 61–62
Ground Zero memorial and, 61; Iraq War
Theramenes, 67
and, 109–12, 140; Mexican border and, 5;
Thermopylae, battle of, 27–28
political structure of, 207; preemption and,
Thespiae, 60, 96
5–6, 102, 110–12; security zones and, 76–77;
Thessalus, 130
unilateralism and, 5–6; urban fighting and,
Thessaly, 186–88
138–57
thetes, 64
urban fighting, 7; Aeneas on, 154–55; agora
Third Messenian War, 188
and, 144–51; agriculture and, 143; assassina-
Third Punic War, 109
tions and, 141; battle formation and, 150;
Third World, 208
circuit wall and, 151–52; classical military
Thirty Tyrants, 67, 139, 151
thought and, 151–55; combatants in,
Thracians, 172, 190, 195, 199
149–51; communications and, 153; Cyrus
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and, 139; defensible locations and, 145–46;
Visigoths, 239–40
direct assault and, 141; discipline and, 148;
Vistula, 235
Epaminondas and, 153–54; factionalism
voting: Delian League and, 32–33; fortifications
and, 156; Fallujah and, 140; foreign oc-
and, 85n41, 87n47; Julius Caesar and, 209,
cupiers and, 142; fortifications and, 143–52;
211, 213, 220, 223; synods and, 32–33
gang warfare and, 141; gender issues and,
156; holding the acropolis and, 144; hop-
wars: aggressive vs. defensive, 100–103; civil,
lites and, 149–51; house-to-house, 147–49;
3, 131, 139, 142, 145–46, 150, 163, 165–66, 170,
intelligence needs and, 156; Iraq War and,
174, 176, 191, 198, 200, 206–10, 213, 216–17,
140; lessons from, 155–57; light infantry
221–24; consolidation challenges and, 6;
and, 151; mercenaries and, 157; modern,
fourth generation, 2; gang, 141; Greco-
140, 155–57; new technology for, 155; Pelo-
Persian, 20–28; guerrilla tactics and, 121,
ponnesian Wars and, 138–42; phalanx and,
124, 169–70, 196; human nature and, 3, 39,
150; Plataea and, 138–41, 144, 146; polis
48; importance of historical perspective
environment and, 143–49; propaganda
on, 2–10; insurrections and, 7–8, 10, 126,
and, 140; public buildings and, 145–46;
142, 189, 192, 200–201; intelligence gather-
riots and, 141; roof tiles and, 147, 155–56;
ing and, 7, 24, 53, 156, 232; King’s Peace
sectarianism and, 156; siege engineering
and, 70–73, 86n43, 88n56, 89nn59,63; naval
and, 141; sling bullets and, 141, 148; stasis
power and, 51–53 ( see also naval power);
(civil strife) and, 141–42; street layouts and,
occupational challenges and, 6, 9; politics
146–49, 155; surveillance and, 157; technol-
and, 209–11; preemption and, 94–112;
ogy and, 156; terrain and, 140; terrorism
revolts and, 7–8, 12, 23–24, 33–35, 82n22,
and, 7; Thebans and, 141, 144; Thirty Ty-
119, 122–26, 134, 142, 165–73, 182n31, 185–88,
rants and, 139; three- dimensional nature
200–202; sectarianism and, 156; slave,
of, 147; Thucydides on, 139; topographical
185–202; strategy and, 2 ( see also strategy);
issues and, 141, 149, 156; treachery and,
tearless battle and, 105; urban fighting and,
141; trenches and, 146; types of, 141–43;
7, 138–57; Western heritage of, 3; world
weapons and, 149–51; weather and, 153;
opinion and, 157
world opinion and, 157
Washington, George, 207
U.S. Congress, 102
weapons, 149–51, 179, 191, 195–96
utopia, 192
world opinion, 157
Uxellodunum, 216
World War II era, 208
Worthington, Ian, ix–x, 6, 118–37
Valens, 228, 230
Valentinian, 228, 230
Xenophon, 3, 67–69, 71, 99, 106, 139
Vandals, 239
Xerxes, 2, 26–28, 37, 59, 100, 120, 132
Varro, 190
Veneti, 212
Yahweh, 15
Vercingetorix, 165, 216
Yauna, 16, 23–24
Verres, Gaius, 176–77, 199–200
Vesontio, 218
zealots, 112, 117n28
Vespasian, 165, 173
Zenobia, 166
Vindex, 166
Zizais, 231, 237
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Document Outline
Title
Copyright
Contents
List of Contributors
Introduction: Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome
1. From Persia with Love: Propaganda and Imperial Overreach in the Greco-Persian Wars
2. Pericles, Thucydides, and the Defense of Empire
3. Why Fortifications Endure: A Case Study of the Walls of Athens during the Classical Period
4. Epaminondas the Theban and the Doctrine of Preemptive War
5. Alexander the Great, Nation Building, and the Creation and Maintenance of Empire
6. Urban Warfare in the Classical Greek World
7. Counterinsurgency and the Enemies of Rome
8. Slave Wars of Greece and Rome
9. Julius Caesar and the General as State
10. Holding the Line: Frontier Defense and the Later Roman Empire
Acknowledgments
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