Senior leaders will want to read this valuable account of coalition warfare on land and sea in Ancient Greece. This book focuses on the strategic planning of Athens and Sparta, their shifting alliances, and the impact that individual leadership and civil-military relations had on the implementation of those plans. The lessons of this great war between two powerful city-states in the ancient world are still valid after twenty-four centuries: economic strength does not guarantee victory, nor does military might ensure the ability to make peace. 

Author: Donald Kagan
ISBN-10: 0142004375
ISBN-13: 978-0142004371