The Cold War In The Roman Empire

Author : James Lacey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190620479

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Great Strategic Rivalries by James Lacey Pdf

From the legendary antagonism between Athens and Sparta during the Peloponnesian War to the Napoleonic Wars and the two World Wars of the twentieth century, the past is littered with long-term strategic rivalries. History tells us that such enduring rivalries can end in one of three ways: a series of exhausting conflicts in which one side eventually prevails, as in the case of the Punic Wars between ancient Rome and Carthage, a peaceful and hopefully orderly transition, like the rivalry between Great Britain and the United States at the turn of the twentieth century, or a one-sided collapse, such as the conclusion of the Cold War with the fall of the Soviet Union. However, in spite of a wealth of historical examples, the future of state rivalries remains a matter of conjecture. Great Strategic Rivalries explores the causes and implications of past strategic rivalries, revealing lessons for the current geopolitical landscape. Each chapter offers an accessible narrative of a historically significant rivalry, comprehensively covering the political, diplomatic, economic, and military dimensions of its history. Featuring original essays by world-class historians--including Barry Strauss, Geoffrey Parker, Williamson Murray, and Geoffrey Wawro--this collection provides an in-depth look at how interstate relations develop into often violent rivalries and how these are ultimately resolved. Much more than an engaging history, Great Strategic Rivalries contains valuable insight into current conflicts around the globe for policymakers and policy watchers alike.

Author : Captivating History
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2022-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1637166915

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European History: a Captivating Guide to the History of Europe, Starting from the Neanderthals Through to the Roman Empire and the End of the Cold War by Captivating History Pdf

Author : Paul Chrystal
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781526710116

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Rome: Republic into Empire by Paul Chrystal Pdf

“A fast-paced narrative history of the dying years of the Republic, and one grounded in the characters, events, and voices of the period.” —Bryn Mawr Classical Review Rome: Republic into Empire looks at the political and social reasons why Rome repeatedly descended into civil war in the early 1st century BCE and why these conflicts continued for most of the century; it describes and examines the protagonists, their military skills, their political aims and the battles they fought and lost; it discusses the consequences of each battle and how the final conflict led to a seismic change in the Roman political system with the establishment of an autocratic empire. This is not just another arid chronological list of battles, their winners and their losers. Using a wide range of literary and archaeological evidence, Paul Chrystal offers a rare insight into the wars, battles and politics of this most turbulent and consequential of ancient world centuries; in so doing, it gives us an eloquent and exciting political, military and social history of ancient Rome during one of its most cataclysmic and crucial periods, explaining why and how the civil wars led to the establishment of one of the greatest empires the world has known. “More than a list of battles, their winners and losers. We are given a complete picture of Roman and Italian society from aristocrats to peasants and slaves.” —Army Rumour Service (ARRSE)

Author : Robert P. Libbon
Publisher : ibooks
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-07-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781596875975

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Instant European History: From the French Revolution to the Cold War by Robert P. Libbon Pdf

From the French Revolution to the Cold War, this spirited chronicle brings European history to life, following the trails of treachery, unearthing the dirt on key historical figures, and reconstructing dramatic revolutionary battles. So if you've ever wondered why Napolean's boundless ambition led to Waterloo or how Hitler stalled on the rocky road to Moscow, this book is for you. Besides uncovering all the juicy facts you forgot from History 101,Instant European History reveals the surprising side of people and events that conventional accounts ignore. You'll learn: Why the first king of Great Britain couldn't speak English. Why the "war to end all wars" was followed by...another war. How the guillotine gave French Revolutionaries a middle-class tax cut. How a German exile invented the philosophy that made Russia see red.

Author : William V. Spanos
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0816633371

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America's Shadow by William V. Spanos Pdf

A study of imperialism that stretches from ancient Rome to the post-Cold War World, this provocative work boldly revises our assumptions about the genealogy of the West. Rather than locating its source in classical Greece, William V. Spanos argues, we should look to ancient Rome, which first articulated the ideas that would become fundamental to the West's imperial project. These founding ideas, he claims, have informed the American national identity and its foreign policy from its origins. The Vietnam War is at the center of this book. In the contradiction between the "free world" logic employed to justify U.S. intervention in Vietnam and the genocidal practices used to realize that logic, Spanos finds the culmination of an imperialistic discourse reaching back to the colonizing rationale of the Roman Empire. Spanos identifies the language of expansion in the "white" metaphors in Western philosophical discourse since the colonization of Greek thought by the Romans. He shows how these metaphors, and their role in metaphysical discourse, have long been complicit in the violence of imperialism.

Author : Paul Chrystal
Publisher : Pen and Sword
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781473873957

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Roman Military Disasters by Paul Chrystal Pdf

Over some 1200 years, the Romans proved adept at learning from military disaster and this was key to their eventual success and hegemony. Roman Military Disasters covers the most pivotal and decisive defeats, from the Celtic invasion of 390 BC to Alaric's sack of Rome in AD 410. Paul Chrystal details the politics and strategies leading to each conflict, how and why the Romans were defeated, the tactics employed, the generals and the casualties. However, the unique and crucial element of the book is its focus on the aftermath and consequences of defeat and how the lessons learnt enabled the Romans, usually, to bounce back and win.

Author : James Lacey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190937706

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Rome by James Lacey Pdf

The first work to lay out Roman strategic thinking from its start under Augustus until its final demise in 476 CE From Octavian's victory at Actium (31 B.C.) to its traditional endpoint in the West (476), the Roman Empire lasted a solid 500 years -- an impressive number by any standard, and fully one-fifth of all recorded history. In fact, the decline and final collapse of the Roman Empire took longer than most other empires even existed. Any historian trying to unearth the grand strategy of the Roman Empire must, therefore, always remain cognizant of the time scale, in which she is dealing. Although the pace of change in the Roman era never approached that of the modern era, it was not an empire in stasis. While the visible trappings may have changed little, the challenges Rome faced at its end were vastly different than those faced by Augustus and the Julio-Claudians. Over the centuries, the Empire's underlying economy, political arrangements, military affairs, and, most importantly, the myriad of external threats it faced were in constant flux, making adaptability to changing circumstances as important to Roman strategists as it is to strategists of the modern era. Yet the very idea of Rome having a grand strategy, or what it might be, did not concern historians until Edward Luttwak wrote The Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century A.D. to the Third forty years ago. Although the work generated much debate, it failed to win over many ancient historians, in part because of its heavy emphasis on military force. By mostly neglecting any considerations of diplomacy, economics, politics, culture, or even the changing nature of the threats Rome faced, Luttwak tells only a portion of what should have been a much more wide-ranging narrative. For this and other reasons, such as its often dull presentation, it left an opportunity for another account of the rise and fall of Rome from a strategy perspective. Through a more encompassing definition of strategy and by focusing much of the narrative on crucial historical moments and the personalities involved, Strategy of Empire promises to provide a more persuasive and engaging history than Luttwak's. It aims not only to correct Luttwak's flaws and omissions, but will also employ the most recent work of current classical historians and archeologists to present a more complete and nuanced narrative of Roman strategic thinking and execution than is currently available.

Author : Anja V. Hartmann,Beatrice Heuser
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781134541980

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War, Peace and World Orders in European History by Anja V. Hartmann,Beatrice Heuser Pdf

This book explores a new way for students of International Relations to look at war, peace and world orders throughout European history. The contributors argue that the predominant 'realist' paradigm that focuses on states and their self-interest is not applicable to the largest period of European history, because states either did not exist or were only in the making. Instead, they argue, we have to look through the eyes of historical entities to see how they understood the world in which they lived, The authors use a wide range of case-studies, focusing on subjects as diverse as the ancient Greek concept of honour and persecution under Communist regimes during the Cold War to explore the ways in which people in different societies at different times perceived and felt about war and peace in the world around them.

Author : Margaret Malamud
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : UCSC:32106019860573

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Ancient Rome and Modern America by Margaret Malamud Pdf

Exemplary Romans in the early Republic -- Working men's heroes -- Rome and the politics of slavery -- Corporate caesars and radical reformers -- Manifest virtue -- The pleasures of empire -- Screening Rome during the great depression -- Cold war Romans -- Imperial consumption.

Author : Paul Chrystal
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING
ISBN : 1473873940

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Roman Military Disasters by Paul Chrystal Pdf

Author : Howard Colvin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2017-02-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1542926424

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World History by Howard Colvin Pdf

Learn why the world is the way it is Finally, there is a guide to world history that is condensed enough to be readable and entertaining, but broad and substantial enough to cover all of the major events and periods. Howard Colvin's WORLD HISTORY masterfully lays out the entire story of humanity and the planet we all share in a single authoritative book. This book has been extensively researched and includes some of the newest research and discoveries, such as the revolution in how we now understand many ancient civilizations. No one does history better than Colvin, and in this book he has skillfully distilled an eminently readable account of the entirety of human history.Be better informed about the world, including: Ancient Greek Civilization Alexander the Great Ancient Egypt The Roman Empire Christianity and Constantine Prehistoric India Ancient India's Great Empires The Rise of Islam Korean Dynasty The Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte The Bolshevik Revolution American history including The American Revolution, The War of 1812, and The Civil War Captain James Cook World War I and II Vietnam War Birth of the United Nations The Space Race The Cuban Missile Crisis North Korea - the last Communist State Economic Progress in Communist Countries Perestroika and Glasnost The End of the Cold War THE ERA OF MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT THE INTRODUCTION OF THE INTERNET WHAT DOES THE FUTURE HOLD? And much more! Don't miss out! Impress the people you know with your broad knowledge of history and the world. Understand why things are the way they are. Connect with the wisdom, victories, and struggles of humanity throughout the rise and fall of empires and civilizations.Grab this book today and truly understand the history of the world.

Author : Alejandro Colas,Richard Saull
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2007-04-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134258277

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The War on Terrorism and the American 'Empire' after the Cold War by Alejandro Colas,Richard Saull Pdf

This new study shows how the American-led ‘war on terror’ has brought about the most significant shift in the contours of the international system since the end of the Cold War. A new ‘imperial moment’ is now discernible in US foreign policy in the wake of the neo-conservative rise to power in the USA, marked by the development of a fresh strategic doctrine based on the legitimacy of preventative military strikes on hostile forces across any part of the globe. Key features of this new volume include: * an alternative, critical take on contemporary US foreign policy * a timely, accessible overview of critical thinking on US foreign policy, imperialism and war on terror * the full spectrum of critical view sin a single volume * many of these essays are now ‘contemporary classics’ The essays collected in this volume analyse the historical, socio-economic and political dimensions of the current international conjuncture, and assess the degree to which the war on terror has transformed the nature and projection of US global power. Drawing on a range of critical social theories, this collection seeks to ground historically the analysis of global developments since the inception of the new Bush Presidency and weigh up the political consequences of this imperial turn. This book will be of great interest for all students of US foreign policy, contemporary international affairs, international relations and politics.

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351140942

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The Post Cold War World by Michael Cox Pdf

This book by a leading scholar of international relations examines the origins of the new world disorder – the resurgence of Russia, the rise of populism in the West, deep tensions in the Atlantic alliance, and the new strategic partnership between China and Russia – and asks why so many assumptions about how the world might look after the Cold War – liberal, democratic and increasingly global – have proven to be so wrong. To explain this, Michael Cox goes back to the moment of disintegration and examines what the Cold War was about, why the Cold War ended, why the experts failed to predict it, and how different writers and policy-makers (and not just western ones) have viewed the tumultuous period between 1989 when the liberal order seemed on top of the world through to the current period when confidence in the western project seems to have disappeared almost completely.

Author : Matthew Craven,Matthew C. R. Craven,Sundhya Pahuja,Gerry Simpson,Anna Saunders
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108499187

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International Law and the Cold War by Matthew Craven,Matthew C. R. Craven,Sundhya Pahuja,Gerry Simpson,Anna Saunders Pdf

This is the first book to examine in detail the relationship between the Cold War and International Law.

Author : Alfred Thomas
Publisher : Springer
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137438959

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Shakespeare, Dissent and the Cold War by Alfred Thomas Pdf

Shakespeare, Dissent and the Cold War is the first book to read Shakespeare's drama through the lens of Cold War politics. The book uses the Cold War experience of dissenting artists in theatre and film to highlight the coded religio-political subtexts in Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and The Winter's Tale.