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Thucydidean analysis of America today?
Folks, I had lunch yesterday with Julia Sweig, the Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow at the Center for Foreign Policy. She’s just written a new book – “Unfriendly Fire: Losing Friends and Making Enemies in the Anti-American Century.” I me… Continue reading
Thucydides Book 3 call
Folks, We had a great call last week discussing Book 3 and reviewing Andre’s reading questions. Book 3 is intense – with the Plataean siege, Mytilenean revolt (and debate between Cleon and Diodotus) and the Corcyrean revolution (and Thucydides’ co… Continue reading
Reminder – call this Monday!
Folks, Just a quick reminder – we have a call this coming Monday to discuss Chapter 3. Mon, June 19th 8pm new york time 1-800-615-2900 11215# Make sure you’ve read these key parts of Book 3: – Mytilenean revolt and debate between Cleon and Diodotu… Continue reading
Neocons and Thucydides
As we had discussed in our call last week, the Neocons see Thucydides as a cornerstone for their thoughts on foreign policy. Neoconservatives, or “neocons,” believe in the use of U.S. military might to foster the spread of democracy around the glo… Continue reading
Remaining Thucydides call schedule
here’s the remaining call schedule – – mon, june 19th 8pm new york tine book 3 – mon, july 10th 8pm new york time book 4 – mon, july 31 8pm new york time book 5 & 6 – fri, aug 18 live conversation at the met in NY book 7 & 8 we’ll send out reminde… Continue reading
Recording from second half of Book 2
After a “spring break” due to the business and academic calendar, we have picked up our Thucydides again and ran a call last night on the second half of Book 2. Download the mp3 file here to listen to the call: Download T-06-06-Book2.mp3 Here’s hi… Continue reading
Notes from first half of Book 2
We had a good call last Saturday with: – Jean Bolgatz – Kelly Magill (our newest member) – Rob Schmults – Andre Stipanovic – Pat Wictor Unfortunately, the conference call service erred and never made the recording (frustrating – we even hung up an… Continue reading
Book 1 call themes and recording
Folks, We had a great call yesterday discussing Thucydides Book 1. Key themes that emerged for us included: – Origins of the Athenian Empire (and some background that Thucydides did not include about the Delian League) – People, place and identity… Continue reading
Thucydides Book 1 call
Folks, We have our next call – on Book 1 – Saturday, 3/11 @ 12PM New York Time (9AM California Time) 1-800-615-2900 1-661-705-2005 (for callers outside the USA and Canada) code: 11215 What do you think so far? Phil Continue reading
American Revolution – anything like Thucydides?
Pat and I were recently discussing Thucydides and his famous comments on the terrors of revolutions. I asked whether the loyalists suffered during the American Revolution in the ways that Thucydides described happened to many during the civil wars… Continue reading →
05. July 2006 by Arrian
Categories: Commentary, Thucydides | Tags: Thucydides | 1 comment