This book, the second volume in Donald Kagan's tetralogy about the Peloponnesian War, is a provocative and tightly argued history of the first ten years of the

A new translation of Thucydides, a foundational text in the history of Western political thought, with extensive student reference material.

A New History of the Peloponnesian War is an ebook-only omnibus edition that includes all four volumes of Donald Kagan's acclaimed account of the war between At

The second book of Thucydides' history is of particular literary interest, containing as it does such important sections as the funeral oration, the account of