¥12,995¥12,995 税込
ポイント: 130pt
(1%)
配送料 ¥495 6月20日-7月1日にお届け
発送元: ハウス オブ トレジャー 販売者: ハウス オブ トレジャー
¥12,995¥12,995 税込
ポイント: 130pt
(1%)
配送料 ¥495 6月20日-7月1日にお届け
発送元: ハウス オブ トレジャー
販売者: ハウス オブ トレジャー
¥6,944¥6,944 税込
ポイント: 69pt
(1%)
配送料 ¥430 6月20日-7月1日にお届け
発送元: worldbooksjapan 販売者: worldbooksjapan
¥6,944¥6,944 税込
ポイント: 69pt
(1%)
配送料 ¥430 6月20日-7月1日にお届け
発送元: worldbooksjapan
販売者: worldbooksjapan
無料のKindleアプリをダウンロードして、スマートフォン、タブレット、またはコンピューターで今すぐKindle本を読むことができます。Kindleデバイスは必要ありません。
ウェブ版Kindleなら、お使いのブラウザですぐにお読みいただけます。
携帯電話のカメラを使用する - 以下のコードをスキャンし、Kindleアプリをダウンロードしてください。
The Wars of Alexander's Successors 323-281 Bc: Armies, Tactics and Battles ハードカバー – 2009/12/30
英語版
Bob Bennett
(著),
Mike Roberts
(著)
ダブルポイント 詳細
{"desktop_buybox_group_1":[{"displayPrice":"¥12,995","priceAmount":12995.00,"currencySymbol":"¥","integerValue":"12,995","decimalSeparator":null,"fractionalValue":null,"symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"6caOPwNgIIy9b9K9I%2B5jwgvUpUwtBM1lBSUeX14LtIXmhwBMrbv5ewB9BMAJI94wIIIGlDjdHmGK46WCx78PqJ66t4Ruq8fmDi5y%2F5IeZP%2BjenOfiAp4%2FYerTkvFWvUz5Hu2rc9CHHynCqn9%2FS%2FOVkZZJvvtn1dJfJwZSJXECEuiAIiazheZdA%3D%3D","locale":"ja-JP","buyingOptionType":"NEW","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":0}, {"displayPrice":"¥6,944","priceAmount":6944.00,"currencySymbol":"¥","integerValue":"6,944","decimalSeparator":null,"fractionalValue":null,"symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":"6caOPwNgIIy9b9K9I%2B5jwgvUpUwtBM1li%2BuBqBs32mx51zxSiepnBgLNH51Xxzi596%2BdiCzp6ulcNfaiEhQE9yc0mtuxnSjsz7GcAZvtfhyI6bGba7zYerXa%2BUMWbjilWQ1SnCSu8f7u%2BYZM3Ci3qNXVy8Bgv18WrJYfWJRudKWsHZ4m2318HQ%3D%3D","locale":"ja-JP","buyingOptionType":"USED","aapiBuyingOptionIndex":1}]}
購入オプションとあわせ買い
When the dying Alexander the Great was asked to whom he bequeathed his vast empire, he supposedly replied to the strongest. There ensued a long series of struggles between his generals and governors for control of these vast territories.Most of these Diadochi, or successors, were consummate professionals who had learned their trade under Alexander and, in some cases, his father Philip. This second volume studies how they applied that experience and further developed the art of war in a further four decades of warfare. This is a period rich in fascinating tactical developments. The all-conquering Macedonian war machine developed by Philip and Alexander was adapted in various ways (such as the addition of war elephants) by the different successors according to their resources. Siege and naval warfare is also included.
- 本の長さ202ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Pen & Sword
- 発売日2009/12/30
- 寸法16.51 x 2.54 x 24.13 cm
- ISBN-101844159248
- ISBN-13978-1844159246
登録情報
- 出版社 : Pen & Sword (2009/12/30)
- 発売日 : 2009/12/30
- 言語 : 英語
- ハードカバー : 202ページ
- ISBN-10 : 1844159248
- ISBN-13 : 978-1844159246
- 寸法 : 16.51 x 2.54 x 24.13 cm
- カスタマーレビュー:
カスタマーレビュー
星5つ中4.4つ
5つのうち4.4つ
全体的な星の数と星別のパーセンテージの内訳を計算するにあたり、単純平均は使用されていません。当システムでは、レビューがどの程度新しいか、レビュー担当者がAmazonで購入したかどうかなど、特定の要素をより重視しています。 詳細はこちら
36グローバルレーティング
虚偽のレビューは一切容認しません
私たちの目標は、すべてのレビューを信頼性の高い、有益なものにすることです。だからこそ、私たちはテクノロジーと人間の調査員の両方を活用して、お客様が偽のレビューを見る前にブロックしています。 詳細はこちら
コミュニティガイドラインに違反するAmazonアカウントはブロックされます。また、レビューを購入した出品者をブロックし、そのようなレビューを投稿した当事者に対して法的措置を取ります。 報告方法について学ぶ
他の国からのトップレビュー
Amazon Customer
5つ星のうち5.0
Brilliant
2018年8月4日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Truly brilliant. A fascinating book about the wars that led to the Successor Kingdoms
Shawn D. Osborne
5つ星のうち4.0
Excellent Source For Academics and Amateur Historians Alike
2013年10月3日にカナダでレビュー済みAmazonで購入
A very good source for those interested in the logistics and other specifics of various encounters between Alexander's Successors. Shaky alliances, hordes of gold and massive egos all at play here as the struggle for supremacy rages on for decades after the Macedonian conqueror's death in 323 BC . Both volumes are well-researched and will be used by scholars and other interested parties for years to come because they are accessible to a wider audience while still valuable as a resource for academics.
Kevin W
5つ星のうち3.0
Funeral Games - Play by Play
2022年11月6日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
In volume 1 the authors told a general history of the 40 years after Alexander’s death. With volume 2 Bennett & Roberts revisit the “highlights” of that same time period with an eye towards a tactical analysis of the major land battles, to include Crannon, Paraetencene, Gabene, Gaza, & Ipsus, and the naval battle of Salamis.
While volume 1 extended for a full 40 years (to the assassination of Seleucus in 291 BC) volume 2 ends after only 20 years with the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC as the authors state that detailed records of the battles that followed have largely been lost to time.
To my mind the battles of this time period have a certain sameness that ultimately made volume 2 a less engaging read than volume 1. The successor generals/kings were warriors first and foremost leading their men from the front in heroic fashion; they were frequently at the tip of the spear (almost all ultimately dying in battle as a result) and thus there is not a lot of grand maneuvering or committing of reserves at a crucial moment. Their generalship came prebattle with the manor in which they aligned & deployed their forces; however after the clash began they were too personally involved in the fighting (occasionally even personally seeking out the opposing general) to give orders to any units other than their bodyguard with whom they were fighting.
In addition to covering the large land battles there is an interesting chapter on the naval battles of this time period. Again, featuring the same cast (Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Demetrius rather famously) as they would lead their fleets from the decks of the triremes. The authors make a point that more than once a hard fought naval battle was instantly undone when a fleet would beach at night and have the ships/crews stormed from the land - the practice was to sleep and re-victualize on land; these were warships purpose built for battle, not to carry provisions enabling protracted voyages.
Finally, there is also a chapter on famous sieges during this time period (Megalopolis & Rhodes). The authors discuss the relative balance of siege warfare at the time (offense vs defense) and that the outcome of sieges seemed to turn on the enthusiasm of the local populace to resist, or not.
As I am not planning on any tabletop miniature gaming, I’m not sure that volume 2 added much to my body of knowledge of the era therefore I’m giving it one less star than I did to volume 1. However, if you are looking for details on how these battles were fought and unfolded, please add one star to this review.
While volume 1 extended for a full 40 years (to the assassination of Seleucus in 291 BC) volume 2 ends after only 20 years with the Battle of Ipsus in 301 BC as the authors state that detailed records of the battles that followed have largely been lost to time.
To my mind the battles of this time period have a certain sameness that ultimately made volume 2 a less engaging read than volume 1. The successor generals/kings were warriors first and foremost leading their men from the front in heroic fashion; they were frequently at the tip of the spear (almost all ultimately dying in battle as a result) and thus there is not a lot of grand maneuvering or committing of reserves at a crucial moment. Their generalship came prebattle with the manor in which they aligned & deployed their forces; however after the clash began they were too personally involved in the fighting (occasionally even personally seeking out the opposing general) to give orders to any units other than their bodyguard with whom they were fighting.
In addition to covering the large land battles there is an interesting chapter on the naval battles of this time period. Again, featuring the same cast (Seleucus, Ptolemy, and Demetrius rather famously) as they would lead their fleets from the decks of the triremes. The authors make a point that more than once a hard fought naval battle was instantly undone when a fleet would beach at night and have the ships/crews stormed from the land - the practice was to sleep and re-victualize on land; these were warships purpose built for battle, not to carry provisions enabling protracted voyages.
Finally, there is also a chapter on famous sieges during this time period (Megalopolis & Rhodes). The authors discuss the relative balance of siege warfare at the time (offense vs defense) and that the outcome of sieges seemed to turn on the enthusiasm of the local populace to resist, or not.
As I am not planning on any tabletop miniature gaming, I’m not sure that volume 2 added much to my body of knowledge of the era therefore I’m giving it one less star than I did to volume 1. However, if you are looking for details on how these battles were fought and unfolded, please add one star to this review.
JPS
5つ星のうち3.0
Too little or too much?
2012年1月26日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I basically agree with the two other reviewers of this volume who concluded by stating that the content of this volume could - and perhaps should - have been folded into the first volume, given that the book is somewhat slim (178 pages plus 6 pages of introduction). However, you can also argue that it is rather light on content. One of the reviewers in fact hints at that when mentioning thnat the naval aspects of the wars are covered in some 20 short pages. Compare this, for instance, with John Grainger's Hellenistic and Roman Naval Wars published in 2011 in the same collection and who devotes 56 pages to Hellenistic naval wars (after deducting the first 10 pages which are about Alexander's Naval War). Compare also with "The Age of Titans" - a whole book just published by Oxford University Press of the great hellenistic navies (250 pages plus another 100 or so for annexes, a glossary, notes, bibloigraphy and not counting numerous maps).
Much the same can be said about the other areas that Bennett and Roberts' book cover. Rather than an in-depth analysis of battles and tactics, it is in fact a selection of the most well known battles of the period, with a heavy emphasis on those fought by Eumenes. No battle taking place after Ipsos is covered, although we do have sources for at least some of them, even if they may be not as good. There is, however, a rather good chapter on "border wars" but even there, the narrative is somewhat sketchy. On sieges, however, the same kind of comment made for naval warfare can be made: only a dozen pages.
However, my main grip with this book is with the first chapter on "Soldiers and Armies" which, in itself, could also have been the topic of a whole book and which is covered in less than 30 pages. There are many problems with this chapter, starting with the others tendancy to confuse hoplite phalanxes with sarrissa phalanxes and superficially comparing the two with Roman legions to come up with the very conventional statement that the letter was more flexible, just because Polybios said so some 22 centuries ago. This is probably the worst chapter in the book. Just try pushing forward in closed order hoplite style with the small phalangite shield while carrying a 7.5 kg sarissa in both hands! It is physically impossible. Moreover, a number of statements surrounding Polybios are questionable or even wrong. First, the pro-Roman Achean was describing the phalanx of his days (around 220 to 167 BC) which may have differed in a number of respects with the phalanxes of the Successors (especially as we know the length of sarrissas varied from 15 feet to 21 feet). Second, we have evidence from the reign of Philip of Macedon, but also from the battles of both Ipsos and Magnesia in 190 against hte Romans which show that the pike phalanx was capable of turning to meet an ennemy attaccking its flank - so, not that rigid. Third, Polybios' "expertise" may be somewhat questionable; As an aristocrat, he was a horseman and it is unlikely that he ever fought in a phalanx (if he fought at all). In addition, he was a hostage in Rome for 17 years, as the book indicates, and as from the age of 35 in 168, so his command and practical experience would have been, at best, somewhat limited. Fourth, of course, he was very much pro-roman (andn, being an Achean, anti-macedonian), so not exactly an unbiased witnessed and probably not a very qualified one either...
There are a number of other elements missing from this book, in particular in the first chapter. Given the numbers of soldiers that they provided, a whole discussion on mercenaries, and in particular on Greek mercenaries, would have been valuable but is missing. Also, and more generally, a discussion on troop numbers, their origns and to what extent each of the main contenders had access to the various troop types, would also have been valuable, even for Macedon. For instance, the book mentions a couple of times that Macedon's manpower was reduced as a result of Alexander's campaigns and the Successor's wars but no attempt is even made to quantify it to begin with, let alone to estimate by how much it could have been reduced. Also, either in this first chapter, or in a specific chapter on its own, an examination of the resources available to each of the Kingdoms (both financial and economic, in particular wood, metals and shipyards) would have been valuable and is totally missing.
And the list could go on, and on, and on...
So, this would have made volume 1 worth four stars for me, if it had been added to it. AS it is, and on its own, it's not worth more than three and I feel I am being rather generous here...
Much the same can be said about the other areas that Bennett and Roberts' book cover. Rather than an in-depth analysis of battles and tactics, it is in fact a selection of the most well known battles of the period, with a heavy emphasis on those fought by Eumenes. No battle taking place after Ipsos is covered, although we do have sources for at least some of them, even if they may be not as good. There is, however, a rather good chapter on "border wars" but even there, the narrative is somewhat sketchy. On sieges, however, the same kind of comment made for naval warfare can be made: only a dozen pages.
However, my main grip with this book is with the first chapter on "Soldiers and Armies" which, in itself, could also have been the topic of a whole book and which is covered in less than 30 pages. There are many problems with this chapter, starting with the others tendancy to confuse hoplite phalanxes with sarrissa phalanxes and superficially comparing the two with Roman legions to come up with the very conventional statement that the letter was more flexible, just because Polybios said so some 22 centuries ago. This is probably the worst chapter in the book. Just try pushing forward in closed order hoplite style with the small phalangite shield while carrying a 7.5 kg sarissa in both hands! It is physically impossible. Moreover, a number of statements surrounding Polybios are questionable or even wrong. First, the pro-Roman Achean was describing the phalanx of his days (around 220 to 167 BC) which may have differed in a number of respects with the phalanxes of the Successors (especially as we know the length of sarrissas varied from 15 feet to 21 feet). Second, we have evidence from the reign of Philip of Macedon, but also from the battles of both Ipsos and Magnesia in 190 against hte Romans which show that the pike phalanx was capable of turning to meet an ennemy attaccking its flank - so, not that rigid. Third, Polybios' "expertise" may be somewhat questionable; As an aristocrat, he was a horseman and it is unlikely that he ever fought in a phalanx (if he fought at all). In addition, he was a hostage in Rome for 17 years, as the book indicates, and as from the age of 35 in 168, so his command and practical experience would have been, at best, somewhat limited. Fourth, of course, he was very much pro-roman (andn, being an Achean, anti-macedonian), so not exactly an unbiased witnessed and probably not a very qualified one either...
There are a number of other elements missing from this book, in particular in the first chapter. Given the numbers of soldiers that they provided, a whole discussion on mercenaries, and in particular on Greek mercenaries, would have been valuable but is missing. Also, and more generally, a discussion on troop numbers, their origns and to what extent each of the main contenders had access to the various troop types, would also have been valuable, even for Macedon. For instance, the book mentions a couple of times that Macedon's manpower was reduced as a result of Alexander's campaigns and the Successor's wars but no attempt is even made to quantify it to begin with, let alone to estimate by how much it could have been reduced. Also, either in this first chapter, or in a specific chapter on its own, an examination of the resources available to each of the Kingdoms (both financial and economic, in particular wood, metals and shipyards) would have been valuable and is totally missing.
And the list could go on, and on, and on...
So, this would have made volume 1 worth four stars for me, if it had been added to it. AS it is, and on its own, it's not worth more than three and I feel I am being rather generous here...
Pasha Proudfoot
5つ星のうち2.0
Better of reading Polybius
2017年8月9日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Horribly written. Unintelligible in many pages. Book might be worthwhile with good editing and a revision. Maps are worse than useless. Better of just reading Loeb & Loeb Polybius
Subject matter is wonderful.
Subject matter is wonderful.