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For nearly 2,500 years, students, politicians, political thinkers, and military leaders have read the eloquent and shrewd speeches in Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War for profound insights into military conflict, diplomacy, and the behavior of people and countries in times of crisis. How to Think about War presents the most influential and compelling of these speeches in an elegant new translation by classicist Johanna Hanink, accompanied by an enlightening introduction.   

"La Guerre du Péloponnèse", ou "Histoire de la guerre du Péloponnèse" est un ouvrage de l'historien athénien Thucydide écrit à la fin du Vème siècle av. J.-C. Il raconte la guerre du Péloponnèse opposant la ligue du Péloponnèse, dirigée par Sparte, à la ligue de Délos, menée par Athènes ; il est généralement considéré comme la première œuvre constituant un récit historique fidèle et rigoureux.

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A tensão crescente entre China e Estados Unidos vem alarmando o mundo. Conforme esse panorama se delineia, fica cada vez mais nítido que os dois países parecem a caminho da guerra e que as consequências disso serão mundialmente catastróficas. Essa sensação de inevitabilidade foi descrita como a Armadilha de Tucídides.