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Originally Posted by egb_hibs
'a war like no other'
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Sounds great. There's about two pages devoted to that war near the end of Persian Fire. Would like to read a longer version.
Not sure about the Fascist thing, Athens survived the Persian War by building a navy from scratch and evacuating the city. The Persians invaded the place but couldn't get to the people. Some reckon that without the democracy neither the navy nor the evacuation would have happened, the Persians were without doubt fascists. Also remember by the time of the War with Athens and Sparta Athens had more or less usurped Persian rule in that localle and demanded "tribute", which was more or less protection money - even though within themselves they were democratic to others they were a bit fascisty. The Spartans were also ultimately defeated, depsite being complete fascist bastards, although with a great sense of humour. What bound them all was Civic pride and Nationalistic feelings but they all fell. Great read the book above btw.