The Peloponnesian WarBy: Donald Kagan 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 that was as dramatic, divisive, and destructive as the world wars of the twentieth century: the Peloponnesian War. Donald Kagan, one of the worlds most respected classical, political, and military historians, presents a new