{"product_id":"pious-warriors-travis-hadley-9781895131703","title":"Pious Warriors: Thucydides' Account of the Spartans","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePious Warriors\u003c\/em\u003e offers a fresh and thorough interpretation of the \"other side\" in one of history's most studied conflicts. Attending closely to the narrative of the \u003cem\u003eThe War of the Peloponnesians and the Athenians\u003c\/em\u003e, Travis Hadley presents a comprehensive account of Thucydides' Sparta on its own terms, giving the Spartan perspective on the war its due.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Spartans emerge not just as foils to the Athenians, but as principled interlocutors who expose the limits of Athenian cynicism and the assumptions of contemporary realism. Whereas the Athenians hold that necessity absolves them from acting justly, the Spartans remain bound to justice through their piety. For Thucydides, Hadley argues, Sparta stands as the moral city in his history, a position that discloses unsettling truths about necessity, justice, the force of moral psychology in politics, and human nature itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Travis Hadley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1895131707\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781895131703\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Political Animal Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Travis Hadley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48801442267391,"sku":"9781895131703","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pious-warriors-travis-hadley-9781895131703","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}