The Battle of Salamis : The Naval Encounter that Saved Greece -- and Western Civilization (Paperback)

from janerawoof

Fascinating and well written summary of the Battle of Salamis, a crucial Greek naval win in the Greco-Persian War of the 400s B.C. The author has made this narrative interesting and not too scholarly for the general reader such as myself. We are informed as to the causes of the war, important bat...

from setnahkt

An epic tale of the great battle between the Greeks and Persians, fought entirely with large sausages. Well, now that I've got that out of the way, I'm not sure quite how to take Salamis. The problem is that while the battle of Salamis is usually regarded as one of the most important in history...

from timspalding

I'm part-way through this, and expect to read it in pieces over the next few weeks. I'm interested in the topic, and certainly learning something, but the basic technique--a thrilling but mostly unsourced and often conjectural narrative--leaves me unsatisfied. Anyway, isn't that what Herodotus is?

from wildbill

Barry Strauss does a very good job of telling one of the most interesting stories from history. The second war between the Persians and the Greeks was fought with the fate of Western civilization in the balance. After the Greek victory came the Golden Age of Greece who knows what would have follo...