Classical Greek Tactics : A Cultural History.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (269 pages)
- Mnemosyne, Supplements Series ; v.409 .
- Mnemosyne, Supplements Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Style -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Prussian Model of Hoplite Battle -- The Traditional View of Tactics -- The Prussians -- The English -- The Americans -- The Case of Leuktra -- The Theories -- The Basics -- The Problem -- Chapter 2. 'Improvisers in Soldiering': Training for War -- The Question -- Good Order -- Skill at Arms -- Chapter 3. 'The Finest, Flattest Piece of Land': Where to Fight -- Traditions -- Practice -- Theory -- Chapter 4. 'Deployed to Fit the Need': Forming Up for Battle -- Worthless Hoplites -- Ways to Deploy -- Positions of Honour -- The Depth of the Line -- Chapter 5. 'Utterly Outmatched in Skill': Battle Tactics -- Controlling Battle -- The Tools of the Tactician -- How to Win -- Theory -- Chapter 6. 'No Shortage of People to Kill': The Rout and Its Aftermath -- Fight or Flight -- A Divine Gift -- Last Rites -- Conclusion -- The Context of Tactical Thought -- A New Model of Hoplite Battle -- The Greek Way of War -- Works Cited -- Index of Passages Cited -- General Index.
In Classical Greek Tactics: A Cultural History, Roel Konijnendijk presents a new, revisionist interpretation of battle tactics and tactical thought in Greece in the 5th and 4th centuries BC.