""" The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War Hardcover – August 31, 1969 by Donald Kagan (Author) Kagan takes issue with Thucydides' view that the war was inevit

""" The Outbreak of the Peloponnesian War Hardcover – August 31, 1969 by Donald Kagan (Author) Kagan takes issue with Thucydides' view that the war was inevitable, that the rise of the Athenian Empire in a world with an existing rival power made a clash between the two a certainty. """ That's impressive. People pay too little attention to the matrix that's been popping out copies all these centuries.