A Student's Guide to International Relations by Codevilla Angelo

Author:Codevilla, Angelo [Codevilla, Angelo]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ISI Books
Published: 2011-08-01T16:00:00+00:00

Thucydides shows that because none of the belligerents aimed at a peace with which all could live, this great war had only losers. The Hellenic world had civilized itself during centuries of peace and order, but the Greeks dissipated in war the strength and decency built up in peace. Each side made war in ways that reflected what had first made them great. Thucydides shows how Athens’s poor soil had fostered its democracy and seafaring, while Sparta’s domestic concern with its Helot underclass determined its behavior. Especially when read in the light of the contrasts Herodotus draws between oriental empire and Greek polity, Thucydides’ account fixes the reader’s mind on the primordial fact that the international personality of any people reflects its domestic identity.

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