Editors' Foreword
Preliminary Note
Introduction
1: Choices: Genre, Content, Style
2: Structure as Argument in Civil War
3: Taking Sides, Making Sides
4: Mastering Victory
5: Writing Fighting War
Epilogue: Surviving Failure
"William W. Batstone and Cynthia Damon have put Caesar's writings
back on the map with Caesar's Civil War, showing how odd it is that
Caesar's writing are consigned to Beginner's Latin when he is on
everyone's short list of three smartest Romans."--Denis Feeney,
Times Literary Supplement (Books of the Year)
"This book should not be overlooked by scholars as but a students'
companion, for even those familiar with Caesar's techniques will
find force and insight in the lucid arguments of Batstone/Damon.
Their scholarly touch is light, but the quality of their
argumentation is very high. This book deserves a wide
readership.... They have not only written a book that will
undoubtedly intensify students' literary interest in this rich
historical text, but they have also
provided teachers and scholars a refreshing and stimulating
starting point for rethinking Caesar's successes and failures. The
authors are thoughtfully experienced in the ways of Roman
historiography,
and they have combined to write a powerful book in modest
form."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review
"William W. Batstone and Cynthia Damon have put Caesar's writings
back on the map with Caesar's Civil War, showing how odd it is that
Caesar's writing are consigned to Beginner's Latin when he is on
everyone's short list of three smartest Romans."--Denis Feeney,
Times Literary Supplement (Books of the Year)
"This book should not be overlooked by scholars as but a students'
companion, for even those familiar with Caesar's techniques will
find force and insight in the lucid arguments of Batstone/Damon.
Their scholarly touch is light, but the quality of their
argumentation is very high. This book deserves a wide
readership.... They have not only written a book that will
undoubtedly intensify students' literary interest in this rich
historical text, but they have also
provided teachers and scholars a refreshing and stimulating
starting point for rethinking Caesar's successes and failures. The
authors are thoughtfully experienced in the ways of Roman
historiography,
and they have combined to write a powerful book in modest
form."--Bryn Mawr Classical Review
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