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Tides of War

Tides of War
Steven Pressfield

Tides of War is a 2000 novel by Steven Pressfield, chronicling the Peloponnesian War.

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“Among the ways the Spartans differ from other peoples is this. When an ally in distress applies to them for aid, they alone dispatch neither troops nor treasure but a solitary commander, a general. This officer alone, assuming charge of the beleagured forces, is sufficiant, they feel, to turn affairs about and produce victory. This as the world knows is what happened at Syracuse.”

Steven Pressfield book Tides of War

Polemides, p. 162
Tides of War (2000)

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“I approve of all you say, gentlemen. The fleet's needs are many and urgent. One, however, must take precedence. This item the men need before all, and we must get it for them without fail and without deferral. We must get the men a victory.”

Steven Pressfield book Tides of War

Alcibades, p. 245
Tides of War (2000)

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