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Author Crowley, Jason, author

Title The Psychology of the Athenian Hoplite : the Culture of Combat in Classical Athens / Jason Crowley
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (252 pages)
Contents 1. The architecture of aggression -- 2. Recruitment, mobilisation and deployment -- 3. The primary group -- 4. The military unit -- 5. The socio-political system -- 6. The compliance relationship -- 7. Conclusion
Summary Using current socio-psychological research, this book reveals exactly why amateur Athenian hoplites unhesitatingly engaged their enemies in savage close-quarters combat
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Soldiers -- Greece -- Psychology
Soldiers -- Greece -- History -- To 1500
Military art and science -- Greece -- History -- To 1500
Psychology, Military.
HISTORY -- Military -- General.
Military art and science
Psychology, Military
Soldiers
Soldiers -- Psychology
Greece
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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