THE FIRST CLASH: THE MIRACULOUS GREEK VICTORY AT MARATHON AND ITS IMPACT ON WESTERN CIVILIZATION
Book ID/图书代码： 01240010B38814
English Summary/英文概要： Marathon—one of history’s most pivotal battles. Its very name evokes images of almost superhuman courage, endurance, and fighting spirit. But until now, the story of what happened at Marathon has been told exclusively through the narrow viewpoint of specialists in antiquity. In this eye-opening new book, acclaimed journalist Jim Lacey, both a military historian and a combat veteran, takes a fresh look at Marathon and reveals why the battle happened, how it was fought, and whether, in fact, it saved Western civilization.
Lacey brilliantly reconstructs the world of the fifth century B.C. leading up to the astonishing military defeat of the Persian Empire by the vastly undermanned but determined Greek defenders. Using the seminal work of Herodotus as his starting point, Lacey reconstructs the tactical and strategic scenario of the battle, including how many combatants each side might have used and who actually led the Greeks. He also disputes the long-repeated myths of Athenian inexperience and effete Persian arrogance.
With the kind of vivid detail that characterizes the best modern war reportage, Lacey shows how the heavily armed Persian army was shocked, demoralized, and ultimately defeated by the relentless assault of the Athenian phalanx, which battered the Persian line in a series of brutal attacks. He reveals the fascinating aftermath of Marathon, how its fighters became the equivalent of our “Greatest Generation,” and challenges the view of many historians that Marathon ultimately proved the Greek “Western way of war” to be the superior strategy for fighting—and winning—battles to the present day.
Immediate, visceral, and full of new analyses that defy decades of conventional wisdom, The First Clash is a superb interpretation of a conflict that indeed made the world safe for Aristotle, Plato, and our own modern democracy. But it was also a battle whose legacy and lessons have often been misunderstood—perhaps, now more than ever, at our own peril.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 马拉松战役在历史上具有很重要的意义。光其名字，就包含了超人的勇气、坚忍、作战精神。直到现在，马拉松的故事还在传承。
作为军事历史学家和参战老兵，作者从一个全新的角度解读马拉松战役的发生、战斗以及它是如何保全了西方文明的。
写作描写细致入微，挑战了先前许多历史学家的个别观点，分析新颖，见解独到，充满智慧的火花。
无论如何看待，无可厚非这场战役都给文明留下了宝贵的遗产和教训。(兼职翻译-XJJ)
Awards/获奖情况：维克多•达维斯•汉森（Victor Davis Hanson），《西式战争》（Carnage and Culture and The Western Way of War）作者：“在马拉松战役的2500周年纪念之际，作者首次对其进行了肯定以及雅典人因而如何在接下来的千年里取得先机。观点新颖，大胆创新，全新的解说，全新的探讨热。”
巴里•斯特劳斯（Barry Strauss），康奈尔大学历史教授、《萨拉米斯海战》（The Battle of Salamis）作者：“作者以其军人的眼光，重塑这场战役的残忍。”
唐纳德•卡甘（Donald Kagan），《伯罗奔尼撒战争》（The Peloponnesian War）作者：“作者凭其亲身经历对这场战役的描写非常生动细致，并且给出了专业军人的想法，尤其站在了双方的立场考虑。”
About the Author/作者介绍： 吉姆•拉塞（Jim Lacey），曾做过12年第82、101空降部队军官。目前任策略、战争、政策方面的教授，同时也为美国军事做参谋，还是入侵伊拉克时的记者。 Jim Lacey was an active-duty military officer for twelve years in the 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Division. Lacey is currently a professor of strategy, war, and policy at the Marine War College, and an adjunct professor in the Johns Hopkins National Security Program. He also works as a consultant on a number of projects for the United States military. Lacey has written for several publications, including the New York Post and The New York Sun, appears regularly in Military History magazine, and was an embedded journalist for Time magazine during the invasion of Iraq.
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