![]() ![]() Thucydides was also someone who says, right from the outset, that he wants his work to be a possession for all time. So he was very much a part of the story that he told. He was an eyewitness to the events of the Peloponnesian War and served for some time as general in the war. Thucydides came of age in what we think of today as the ‘Golden Age’ of classical Athens. But before we get to those, can you tell me who Thucydides was? Why we should care about him, two and a half thousand years later? You’ve also chosen five other books to help understand and put him in perspective. ![]() Your book, How to Think about War, is an excellent introduction to Thucydides and his History of the Peloponnesian War. ![]() Foreign Policy & International Relations. ![]()
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