Thucydides' Peloponnesian war

Book • 1903

Mentioned by

Mentioned by

Graham Allison

, noting that it sold more copies in Mandarin after his book than in the previous 2,000 years.

Mentioned by Thomas as the first pure political philosophy, identifying Thucydides as the first discreetly political philosopher.

Mentioned by

John Maurer

as a great book that resonates today, highlighting the destructive nature of great power wars.

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