Read Makers of Ancient Strategy: From the Persian Wars to the Fall of Rome Online
Authors: Victor Davis Hanson
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empire building and, 67–70, 97; Epaminon-
importance of historical perspective on,
das’s humiliation of, 83n25, 93–99, 103–12;
2–10; intelligence gathering and, 7, 24, 53,
equal sharing of loot and, 192; helots and,
156, 232; Julius Caesar and, 206–24; keeping
98, 104–8, 112, 114n9, 115n11, 116n19;
homoioi
the initiative and, 221; King’s Peace and,
(equal class) concept and, 21; invasion of
70–73, 86n43, 88n56, 89nn59,63; legitimiza-
370–69 and, 96–99; King’s Peace and, 70–73,
tion and, 18; occupational, 6, 9–10, 15–16;
86n43, 88n56, 89nn59,63; Kleombrotos and,
Pericles and, 31, 36, 38, 40–55; preemption
97; Laconia and, 104, 106–8; Leontiades
and, 5–6, 96–100, 103–12; preventative,
and, 95; Lysander and, 67–68; Mantineia
100–104; psychological, 14–16, 28, 103–4,
and, 104; Messenian helots and, 93–94, 98,
119–20, 123, 129–30, 133, 167–68; self-promo-
104–8, 112, 114n9, 115n11, 116n19; multipolar
tion and, 18–19; slave wars and, 196–200;
state system and, 69, 73, 86n43; naval power
Spartacus and, 196, 198–200; Spartans
and, 86n43; The Peace of Antalcidas and,
and, 21; transpopulation policy and, 127;
71; Peloponessian League and, 32; Pericles
unilateralism and, 5–6; urban fighting and,
and, 42–45, 48; phalanx and, 95, 104; pitched
138–57; voting and, 32–33, 85n41, 87n47, 209,
battles and, 95–97, 139; preemption and,
211, 213, 220, 223; world opinion and, 157
102–3; slavery and, 186–88; tearless battle
Strauss, Barry, ix, 7–8, 185–205
and, 105; Thebes and, 95; urban fighting
street layouts, 146–49, 155
and, 139, 141–50, 153–55; view of fortifica-
Strymon River, 119
tions, 63, 66, 81n16, 82n24, 83n25
Sueves, 239
spears, 150, 155
Sulla, 198, 208, 210, 223
Speyer, 232
Susa, 120, 125, 128, 129
Sphodrias, 72, 73
Switzerland, 211
spice trade, 133
swords, 150, 155
Spitamanes, 121, 124
synods, 32–33
Stalingrad, 140
Syracuse: counterinsurgency and, 177; pre-
stasis
(civil strife), 141–42
emption and, 111; slavery and, 189; urban
state power, 174–75
fighting and, 142, 144, 148, 154–55, 157
stationes
(detachments), 170
Syria, 128, 166, 171, 172, 175, 194
stele of Aristoteles, 72
Sthenius of Thermae, 177
Tacitus, 167, 171, 235
stone throwers, 155
Tanagra, 96
Strabo, 200
Tarkontidmotos, 171
strategy: Aeneas the Tactician and, 75; Alex-
taxes, 16, 163–65, 176–77
ander and, 118–35; ancient parameters of,
Taxiles, 127
2–10; assassinations and, 18, 119, 141, 168,
tearless battle, 105
175, 182n22, 222, 234; battle of Marathon
technology: fortifications and, 5, 76–77; instant
and, 24–26; battle of Thermopylae and,
communications and, 140; Internet and, 2;
Index 263
technology (
continued
)
Thrasyboulos, 153
precision weapons and, 2; telecommuni-
Thrasydaios, 145
cations and, 2; urban fighting and, 7, 140,
Thriasian plain, 72
155–56; Western military superiority and,
Thucydides, 3, 9, 111; Athenian fortifications
7; world opinion and, 157
and, 61–63; democracy and, 94; Long
Tegea, 144, 146
Walls and, 84n30; Melian Dialogue and,
Tegyra, battle of, 96
36; naval power and, 81n16; ostracism of,
telecommunications, 2
46–47; Pericles and, 45–47, 51, 55; Persian
Temple of Aphrodite, 177
threat and, 33; preemption and, 102; The-
Temple of Jerusalem, 12, 15
mistoclean walls and, 61–62, 61–63; urban
Temple of Solomon, 12
fighting and, 139
Temple of the Tyndaridae, 149
Tiberius, 167, 170
Tenth Legion, 219
Tiberius Julius Alexander, 173
terrorism, 2; Baathists and, 102; Freedom
Trajan, 166
Tower and, 80n13; insurgents and, 168;
transpopulation policy, 127
Internet and, 2; Ionians and, 23; urban
tribalism, 7, 93, 156, 169, 178, 214–15
fighting and, 7
tribute, 34, 35, 38, 45
Tervingi, 233–34, 236, 238–39
Trier, 231
Tetrarchic emperors, 229–30, 234, 244n8
triremes, 60, 64, 67, 85n37
Teutoburg Forest, 165
Truth, 17–19
Thasos, 34
Tryphon, 194
theaters, 145
tsar, 207
Theban Sacred Band, 119
Turkey, 166
Thebes, 6, 68–69, 73–74, 90n68, 106; ascen-
twentieth century, 7
sion of, 95; backwardness of, 94; battle of
tyrannos
, 21–22
Leuctra and, 97; democracy and, 94–99;
tyrants, 33, 40; bandits and, 171; Julius Caesar
Epaminondas and, 93–112; famine and,
and, 207; Pericles on, 46; Thirty Tyrants
96; hegemony of, 93–94, 106, 113, 114n4,
and, 67, 139, 151
117nn28,29,30, 139; Pagondas and, 103;
Tyre, 120, 130, 132
Peloponnesian Wars and, 95; slavery and,
188; Spartans and, 95; street layouts and,
Ukraine, 32
146; urban fighting and, 138–39, 141–42, 144,
undertakers, 131
147, 149, 156–57
unilateralism, 5–6
Themistocles: as archon, 64; Attica defenses
United States, 3; Bush administration and, 102,
and, 59–60; Conon and, 75–76; decrees of
112; Civil War and, 191; coercive democra-
480 BC, 59–60; fortification building and,
tization and, 5–6; counterinsurgency and,
58–64, 70, 75, 81n16; Hippodamus and, 64;
178–79; diplomacy and, 215; fortifications
naval power and, 58–60, 63–65; Pentekon-
and, 76–77; Freedom Tower and, 80n13;
taetia and, 61–62
Ground Zero memorial and, 61; Iraq War
Theramenes, 67
and, 109–12, 140; Mexican border and, 5;
Thermopylae, battle of, 27–28
political structure of, 207; preemption and,
Thespiae, 60, 96
5–6, 102, 110–12; security zones and, 76–77;
Thessalus, 130
unilateralism and, 5–6; urban fighting and,
Thessaly, 186–88
138–57
thetes, 64
urban fighting, 7; Aeneas on, 154–55; agora
Third Messenian War, 188
and, 144–51; agriculture and, 143; assassina-
Third Punic War, 109
tions and, 141; battle formation and, 150;
Third World, 208
circuit wall and, 151–52; classical military
Thirty Tyrants, 67, 139, 151
thought and, 151–55; combatants in,
Thracians, 172, 190, 195, 199
149–51; communications and, 153; Cyrus
264 Index
and, 139; defensible locations and, 145–46;
Visigoths, 239–40
direct assault and, 141; discipline and, 148;
Vistula, 235
Epaminondas and, 153–54; factionalism
voting: Delian League and, 32–33; fortifications
and, 156; Fallujah and, 140; foreign oc-
and, 85n41, 87n47; Julius Caesar and, 209,
cupiers and, 142; fortifications and, 143–52;
211, 213, 220, 223; synods and, 32–33
gang warfare and, 141; gender issues and,
156; holding the acropolis and, 144; hop-
wars: aggressive vs. defensive, 100–103; civil,
lites and, 149–51; house-to-house, 147–49;
3, 131, 139, 142, 145–46, 150, 163, 165–66, 170,
intelligence needs and, 156; Iraq War and,
174, 176, 191, 198, 200, 206–10, 213, 216–17,
140; lessons from, 155–57; light infantry
221–24; consolidation challenges and, 6;
and, 151; mercenaries and, 157; modern,
fourth generation, 2; gang, 141; Greco-
140, 155–57; new technology for, 155; Pelo-
Persian, 20–28; guerrilla tactics and, 121,
ponnesian Wars and, 138–42; phalanx and,
124, 169–70, 196; human nature and, 3, 39,
150; Plataea and, 138–41, 144, 146; polis
48; importance of historical perspective
environment and, 143–49; propaganda
on, 2–10; insurrections and, 7–8, 10, 126,
and, 140; public buildings and, 145–46;
142, 189, 192, 200–201; intelligence gather-
riots and, 141; roof tiles and, 147, 155–56;
ing and, 7, 24, 53, 156, 232; King’s Peace
sectarianism and, 156; siege engineering
and, 70–73, 86n43, 88n56, 89nn59,63; naval
and, 141; sling bullets and, 141, 148;
stasis
power and, 51–53 (
see also
naval power);
(civil strife) and, 141–42; street layouts and,
occupational challenges and, 6, 9; politics
146–49, 155; surveillance and, 157; technol-
and, 209–11; preemption and, 94–112;
ogy and, 156; terrain and, 140; terrorism
revolts and, 7–8, 12, 23–24, 33–35, 82n22,
and, 7; Thebans and, 141, 144; Thirty Ty-
119, 122–26, 134, 142, 165–73, 182n31, 185–88,
rants and, 139; three- dimensional nature
200–202; sectarianism and, 156; slave,
of, 147; Thucydides on, 139; topographical
185–202; strategy and, 2 (
see also
strategy);
issues and, 141, 149, 156; treachery and,
tearless battle and, 105; urban fighting and,
141; trenches and, 146; types of, 141–43;
7, 138–57; Western heritage of, 3; world
weapons and, 149–51; weather and, 153;
opinion and, 157
world opinion and, 157
Washington, George, 207
U.S. Congress, 102
weapons, 149–51, 179, 191, 195–96
utopia, 192
world opinion, 157
Uxellodunum, 216
World War II era, 208
Worthington, Ian, ix–x, 6, 118–37
Valens, 228, 230
Valentinian, 228, 230
Xenophon, 3, 67–69, 71, 99, 106, 139
Vandals, 239
Xerxes, 2, 26–28, 37, 59, 100, 120, 132
Varro, 190
Veneti, 212
Yahweh, 15
Vercingetorix, 165, 216
Yauna, 16, 23–24
Verres, Gaius, 176–77, 199–200
Vesontio, 218
zealots, 112, 117n28
Vespasian, 165, 173
Zenobia, 166
Vindex, 166
Zizais, 231, 237
Index 265