War and Democracy: A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War: A Comparative Study of the Korean War and the Peloponnesian War - Softcover

McCann, David R.; Strauss, Barry S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 076560695X ISBN 13: 9780765606952

Publisher: Routledge, 2001

Synopsis

A comparison of the cultural and political/institutional dimensions of war's impact on Greece during the Peloponnesian War, and the United States and the two Koreas, North and South, during the Korean War. It demonstrates the many underlying similarities between the two wars.

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From the Back Cover:

Bringing together distinguished Classicists, Koreanists, and Americanists, this book examines the cultural and political/institutional dimensions of war's impact on society by comparing the effects of prolonged war on ancient Athens during the war with Sparta, and on the United States and the two Koreas, North and South, during the Korean War. Despite the very circumstances of the two conflicts and the radically different way each was viewed in its own time, the contributors point to many underlying similarities between the two wars and put each in a fascinating and unique perspective.

Review:

...would recommend the book to scholars interested in the cold war or interested in Classical antiquity. -- International History Review

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 076560695X
• ISBN 13: 9780765606952
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 414