# The Peloponnesian War

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- Book: [The Peloponnesian War](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-kagan/the-peloponnesian-war) ([The Peloponnesian War.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-kagan/the-peloponnesian-war.md))
- Authors: [Donald Kagan](https://www.bookquiver.com/donald-kagan)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-01-4200-437-1
- Pages: 544
- Published: 2004-04-27
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

A chronicle of the rise and fall of a great empire, and an examination of the dark times that still resonate today For three decades in the fifth century b. c., the ancient world was torn apart by a conflict...