Cyrene to Chaeronea

Review from previous edition A thorough reassessment of traditionally held beliefs about Greek-Persian relations ... This work joins the serious works on Achaemenid history that scholars must consult. * Matthew Walters, Journal of the American Oriental Society *
For Achaemenid specialists from a classical background, non-Greek material has an exotic allure - and a greater potential for producing genuinely new evidence. But critical understanding of the comparatively familiar can be just as challenging, and Cawkwell is a master of that art. * Christopher Tuplin, Journal of Hellenic Studies *
...[a] remarkable book, the work of a choice and master historian ... It is a book to be savoured, not read through fast at one go. * The Classical Review *
a new book by one of the great figures of Greek history of the last half-century ... is not only highly readable but also provides bracing insights to any number of questions in Greek-Persian relations * Thomas Harrison, Green and Rome *
The Greek Wars is the fruit of many decades' study - and it shows. * Tom Holland, Times Literary Supplement *
... revisionist history at its very best ... the most insightful and comprehensive analysis to date of Greek and Persian interaction * John Marincola, Classical Journal *