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Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, Date: 2006. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Dust Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 248 pp. Tightly bound. Corners not bumped. Text is free of markings. No ownership markings. Note: A hint of mustiness. 2006. Belknap Press ISBN 0674023560 9780674023567 [US]

Belknap Press. Used - Very Good. 2006. Hardcover. Cloth, dj. Bright, clean copy. Very Good. (Subject: Ancient, Military). Belknap Press ISBN 0674023560 9780674023567 [US]

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Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Date: 2006. First Belknap Harvard Press. Hardback, Dustjacket. Like New, slight wear to cover. 2006. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press ISBN 0674023560 9780674023567 [US]

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Date: 2016. New/New. New tightly bound hardcover in new dust jacket. 8vo. (6.25 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. B&W photos and illustrations. Includes a timeline, maps, weights and measures, references, bibliography and an index. 272 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. In The Expedition of Cyrus, the Western world's first eyewitness account of a military campaign, Xenophon told how, in 401 B.C., a band of unruly Greek mercenaries traveled east to fight for the Persian prince Cyrus the Younger in his attempt to wrest the throne of the mighty Persian empire from his brother. With this first masterpiece of Western military history forming the backbone of his book, Robin Waterfield explores what remains unsaid and assumed in Xenophon's account-much about the gruesome nature of ancient battle and logistics, the lives of Greek and Persian soldiers, and questions of historical, political, and personal context, motivation, and conflicting agendas. The result is a rounded version of the story of Cyrus's ill-fated march and the Greeks' perilous retreat--a nuanced and dramatic perspective on a critical moment in history that may tell us as much about our present-day adventures in the Middle East, site of Cyrus's debacle and the last act of the Golden Age, as it does about the great powers of antiquity in a volatile period of transition. Just as Xenophon brought the thrilling, ...

U.S.A.: Harvard University Press, Date: 2006. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 2006. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674023560 9780674023567 [GB]