Robert Morkot traces the growth of Greece from a series of often conflicting city-states, each with its own colonial outposts as far from home as Spain and Tunisia, to loosely knit alliances that waged huge conflicts against the Persian empire--and, as in the case of the Peloponnesian War, against each other. CORRECT LINK added by hermanomax
The Persian Puzzle: The Conflict Between Iran and America
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In his highly influential book The Threatening Storm, bestselling author Kenneth Pollack both informed and defined the national debate about Iraq. Now, in The Persian Puzzle, published to coincide with the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Iran hostage crisis, he examines the behind-the-scenes story of the tumultuous relationship between Iran and the United States, and weighs options for the future.
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Many will be relieved, and others dismayed, that Pollack opposes war this time out. (In a clear reference to his earlier book, which was subtitled The Case for Invading Iraq, he labels one section of this new work "The Case Against Invading Iran.") An invasion, he notes, is impractical. Iran is four times as large as Iraq and three times as populous, and its terrain is forbiddingly mountainous; besides, as long as the United States is stuck in Iraq, there aren't enough troops. As for launching a coup, the CIA lacks assets; Iran's security apparatus is impenetrable; and, bitterly as most Iranians detest their regime, they hate interlopers even more.
Now the specter of Iran, whose nuclear ambitions and resources seem very real, looms before us. Another debate rages over what is to be done. And here comes Pollack with another all-too-pertinent book, The Persian Puzzle.
The whole fascinating history of naval warfare—2,500 years and the seven seas. The history of naval warfare is the history of daring commanders, intrepid sailors, mighty ships, and oceans to conquer. From the ancient Greek galleys at Salamis to the American Sixth Fleet in the Persian Gulf, humanity has taken to the seven seas in search of wealth, power, and prestige.
Greek and Persian Wars 500-323 BC
In the early 5th century BC, after the fall of the
Lydian Empire, the Persian Wars began. It was an ideological conflict
which pitted a proud, democratic, freedom-loving people against a
tyrannical and mighty empire. The stories of the many battles fought
between the Greeks and the Persians are here splendidly brought to life
by Jack Cassin-Scott, who details the tactics, organisation and
uniforms of the armies of both sides in a volume featuring numerous
illustrations and museum photographs, plus eight full page colour
plates superbly drawn by the author himself.
