Table of Contents

Part 1 Thucydides and international relations - introduction, Richard Ned Lebow and Barry S. Strauss. Part 2 Basic themes: theory and practice, W.G. Forrest; Thucydides and great power rivalry, W.R. Connor; Peloponnesian War and Cold War, Robert Gilpin. Part 3 Bipolar or multipolar?: polarization in Thucydides, W.R. Connor; bipolarity and war - what makes the difference?, Carlo M. Santoro; scontro di blocchi e azione di terze forze nello scoppio della Guerra del Peloponneso, Marta Sordi. Part 4 Power transition and war: Contemporary international relations theory and the Peloponnesian War, Mark V. Kauppi; Thucydides, power transition theory and the causes of war, Richard Ned Lebow. Part 5 Realism and its critics: Thucydides - a realist?, Michael W. Doyle; of balances, bandwagons and Ancient Greeks, Barry S. Strauss. Part 6 Democracies and the lessons of war: democracies, authoritarian states and international conflict, Matthew Evangelista; Athens, the United States and democratic "characteristics" in foreign policy, Philip A.G. Sabin; national ideology and strategic defence of the population, from Athens to star wars, Josiah Ober; hegemony and Arkhe in Greece - 4th-century BC views, Shalom Perlman.