Donald Kagan
Born May 1, 1932 · Died ,
From Kuršėnai, Šiauliai District Municipality, Lithuania · Nationality: United States · Writes nonfiction
Donald Kagan is an American historian and classicist at Yale University specializing in ancient Greece, notable for his four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War. He formerly taught in the Department of History at Cornell University. At present, Kagan is considered among the foremost American scholars of Greek history. Source: Wikipedia
Quotes
“In my judgment, the best history is one that tells a story and combines it with analysis. The natural way for an historian to analyze things includes answering with a tale.”
Interview by Bruce Cole, "Donald Kagan: Interview", Historians in the News June “The peace does not keep itself, and though it may be intellectually unfashionable to say so, the world needs a policeman.”
Interview by Bruce Fellman, "Lion in Winter", Yale Alumni Magazine April 2002 “The development of hoplite warfare took place in this context of novel agrarianism, which promoted a particular type of moral excellence.”
Men of Bronze: Hoplite Warfare in Ancient Greece, Chapter 1
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Books by Donald Kagan in order
Books by Donald Kagan in the order they were published, from Sources in Greek Political Thought (1965) to Problems in the History of Ancient Greece (2010).
- 1Sources in Greek Political Thought
Sources in Greek Political Thought1965 - 2The Great Dialogue
The Great Dialogue1965 - 3Problems in Ancient History
Problems in Ancient History1966 - 4The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War
The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War1969 - 5The Archidamian War
The Archidamian War1974 - 6The End of the Roman Empire
The End of the Roman Empire1978 - 7The Western Heritage
The Western Heritage1979 - 8The Fall of the Athenian Empire
The Fall of the Athenian Empire1987 - 9Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy
Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy1990 - 10The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. The Archidamian War, The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War. The Archidamian War, the Peace of Nicias & the Sicilian Expedition, & the Fall of the Athenian Empire1991
- 11The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition
The Peace of Nicias and the Sicilian Expedition1991 - 12On the Origins of War
On the Origins of War1994 - 13On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace
On the Origins of War and the Preservation of Peace1995 - 14Western Heritage, The, Vol. I
Western Heritage, The, Vol. I1997 - 15Western Heritage, The
Western Heritage, The1998 - 16The Western Heritage, Volume I
The Western Heritage, Volume I2000 - 17The Western Heritage, Volume II
The Western Heritage, Volume II2000 - 18The Peloponnesian War
The Peloponnesian War2003 - 19The Western Heritage, Vol. 1
The Western Heritage, Vol. 12003 - 20The Western Heritage Since 1300
The Western Heritage Since 13002007 - 21Heritage of World Civilizations, The, Volume 1
Heritage of World Civilizations, The, Volume 12008 - 22Heritage of World Civilizations, The, Volume IIHeritage of World Civilizations, The, Volume II2008
- 23Thucydides
Thucydides2009 - 24Problems in the History of Ancient Greece
Problems in the History of Ancient Greece2010