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  1. Aug 28, 2001 · He gives us a colorful tapestry of 27 years of conflict played out by real characters in real places. Where "Gates of Fire" introduces the reader to ancient land combat, "Tides of War" paints a vivid picture of war on the seas. Pressfield's book gives us a painless and enjoyable way to take an entertaining history lesson.

  2. The greatest armada ever assembled up to that time, the Athenian fleet that launched against Sicily in 415 BC, was destroyed in its entirety at the battle of Syracuse two years later. The hero of Tides of War is the real-life Athenian general, lover, and all-around Most Notorious Renegade Of All Time, Alcibiades.

  3. Apr 4, 2000 · After chronicling the Spartan stand at Thermopylae in his audacious Gates of Fire, Steven Pressfield once again proves that it's all Greek to him. In Tides of War, he tells the tale of Athenian soldier extraordinaire Alcibiades. Despite the vaunted claims for Periclean democracy, he is undoubtedly first among equals--a great warrior and an ...

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  4. Apr 4, 2000 · Steven Pressfield wrote GATES OF FIRE first, and it's a classic. GATES OF FIRE is all about Spartans, while TIDES OF WAR is all about Athenians. It's not hard to see why a conservative Vietnam War veteran like Pressfield intuitively grasps Spartan discipline and totally fails to capture the greatness of Athenian democracy.

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Tides_of_WarTides of War - Wikipedia

    Tides of War is a 2000 novel by Steven Pressfield, chronicling the Peloponnesian War. ... While most of the dialogue is Pressfield's own creation, ...

  6. About Steven Pressfield. Steven Pressfield is the author of the hugely successful historical novels Gates of Fire, Tides of War, and Last of the Amazons. His debut novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was made into a movie starring Matt Damon and Will Smith in 2000. He… More about Steven Pressfield

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  8. Aug 28, 2001 · Tides of War: A Novel. Steven Pressfield. Random House Publishing Group, Aug 28, 2001 - Fiction - 448 pages. Brilliant at war, a master of politics, and a charismatic lover, Alcibiades was Athens’ favorite son and the city’s greatest general. A prodigal follower of Socrates, he embodied both the best and the worst of the Golden Age of Greece.

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