TY  - BOOK
AU  - Konijnendijk,Roel
TI  - Classical Greek Tactics: A Cultural History
T2  - Mnemosyne, Supplements Series
SN  - 9789004355576
AV  - U33.K65 2018 
U1  - 355.420938 
PY  - 2017///
CY  - Boston
PB  - BRILL
KW  - Military art and science--Greece--History
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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