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Ep 53: David M. Pritchard on Athens at War

Ep 53: David M. Pritchard on Athens at War

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Ep 53: David M. Pritchard on Athens at War

FromSchool of War

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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Dec 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

David M. Pritchard, Associate Professor of Greek History at the University of Queensland and author of Athenian Democracy at War, joins the show to discuss how and why ancient Athens fought its wars.
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Times 

• 01:41 Introduction
• 02:3 Martial culture in Athens
• 05:08 Democracy and victory
• 11:42 Innovation and participation
• 15:38 Joining up in ancient Athens
• 19:10 Broad support for war
• 24:43 Military morality 
• 30:49 Control of the battlefield is victory
• 38:28 Democracy and war today
Released:
Dec 13, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There’s a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy. Avoiding the knowledge of war is dangerous. This podcast solves that problem by diving into military and diplomatic history.  We study strategy, and the words and deeds of significant battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers, and statesmen who have trained directly in the school of war.   This podcast is primarily an interview show. The subject of any given episode may be the story of an historical battle, campaign, or conflict; the conduct of policy in the course of a major international competition; the work of a famous strategist; the nature of a famous weapon; the legacy of an important military commander or political leader in wartime.