Paul A. Rahe studied ancient history at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship, then later at Yale. He holds the Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage at Hillsdale College, where he is professor of history.
“Throughout, discussions of treaty negotiations in particular are
excellent. The reader is left with a clear sense of the stakes, the
skulduggery and machinations, and the full implications of the
final terms reached. Rahe’s prose is engaging and dramatic.”—Thomas
O. Rover, International Journal of Military History and
Historiography
“Written in a rich, rewarding style…Its coverage of ancient sources
and modern literature in the notes is impressively exhaustive and
it includes numerous and very good maps. Related to this,
topography is Rahe’s strong point – several passages have
benefitted from his detailed personal knowledge of the
landscape.”—Pavel Nývlt, Eirene, Studia Graeca et Latina
“The general reader will find the narrative stimulating, while,
even if scholars disagree with some of R.’s conclusions, they will
find them provocative, intriguing and cogently argued.”—David
Stuttard, Classics for All
“[Enriches] the existing literature by providing a fresh and
convincing argument about the importance of domestic politics in
international conflict”—Konstantinos Xypolytos, Strife Journal
Winner of the Themistocles Prize awarded by the
University of Piraeus
“Paul Rahe stands out as one of the world’s leading scholars on the
Peloponnesian War. His latest volume on Sparta’s protracted
struggle with Athens, Sparta’s Second Attic War, provides insight
into enduring problems of politics and strategy in wartime, into
why and how peoples fight, both in the ancient world and in our own
troubled times.”—John H. Maurer, Naval War College
“The West’s victory in the Cold War may not have been the equal of
the early 5th century Greek victory over the Persians. But, as Paul
Rahe’s Sparta’s Second Attic War explains in elegantly crafted
language, the notion of resolving global-sized confrontations is a
modern conceit. Based on an understanding that equals that of any
contemporary strategic thinker, Rahe examines the upheavals in the
Hellenic world that followed Persia’s defeat, the roots of
dissension in the geography of Sparta and Athens, and the influence
of domestic policy on the contestants’ diplomatic and military
maneuvers.”—Seth Cropsey, former deputy Undersecretary of the
Navy
“Rahe’s far-reaching and audacious reconstruction of ancient Greek
history proceeds apace. This is more than military history, more
than diplomatic history. It exhibits not only his magisterial
command of a vast, complicated body of facts, but his comprehensive
understanding of the larger context of strategic thinking then and
now.”—Ralph Lerner, The University of Chicago
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