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Hegemonic Rivalry: From Thucydides To The Nuclear Age
Hegemonic Rivalry: From Thucydides To The Nuclear Age
Edited by Richard Ned Lebow and Barry S. Strauss
Westview Press, 1991, 295 pp

Strategists and international relations theorists, both of whom trace their lineage to Thucydides, meet classicists in an engaging debate over reinterpreting him and the relevance of his commentary on Athens and Sparta to present-day Soviet-American relations. 'Tis a pity that at this price so few others will get to the meeting.

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