Discover Biology, Second Edition (with Student CD-ROM)

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Thoroughly revised and updated, Discover Biology, Second Edition, presents the essential concepts of modern biology in a text designed specifically for nonmajors. The authors emphasize a level of detail appropriate for nonmajors, freeing instructors to focus on the scientific issues-HIV, global climate change, DNA fingerprinting, genetic engineering, cancer-that students read about in the paper, vote on in elections, and face in their daily lives. With two new chapters, refined pedagogy and art programs, and a powerful ancillary package, Discover Biology, Second Edition, is the best choice for the nonmajors introductory course.

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Today, fluorescence spectroscopy is an important tool of investigation in many areas. In analytical sciences, its advantage is extremely high sensitivity and selectivity - even single molecules can be detected - and it achieves a high spatial resolution and time resolution in combination with microscopic techniques or laser techniques, respectively. In material sciences, this is used to study structure and dynamics of surfaces. Particularly in the areas of biochemistry and molecular genetics, fluorescence spectroscopy has become a dominating technique. Together with the latest imaging techniques, fluorescence spectroscopy allows a real-time observation of the dynamics of intact biological systems with an unprecedented resolution.
This book offers a comprehensive introduction to and survey of fluorescence spectroscopy. It is written for newcomers and active researchers alike who are learning to apply fluorescence methods in the areas of chemistry, physical chemistry, polymers, materials, colloids, biochemistry, biology, medical and pharmaceutical research.

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great for beginners, but too few references.......2003-12-07

This is a great introductory book. Beautifully edited, very well written, with a lot of information to start digging each subject; I just missed a few more references in each chapter, and also more references to journals and not just other books, and then I would have been a 5 star.

X-Ray Absorption: Principles, Applications, Techniques of EXAFS, SEXAFS and XANES (Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Applications)

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X-Ray Absorption: Principles, Applications, Techniques of EXAFS, SEXAFS and XANES (Chemical Analysis: A Series of Monographs on Analytical Chemistry and Its Applications)

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Describes several specific spectrometric techniques that are very useful in elucidating the fundamental nature of matter: EXAFS--Extended X-Ray Absorption of Fine Structure; SEXAFS--which is EXAFS applied to Surface Phenomena; and XANES--X-Ray Absorption Near Edge Structures. Articles explain the phenomena and describe examples of X-ray absorption applications in several fields, including chemistry, biochemistry, catalysis, amorphous and liquid systems, synchrotron radiation, and surface phenomena. Contributors explain the underlying theory, how to set up X-ray absorption experiments, and how to analyze the details of the resulting spectra. This volume will be of particular interest to physicists, chemists, biologists, and materials scientists.

Organic Photochemistry, First Edition: Principles and Applications

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Organic Photochemistry, First Edition: Principles and Applications
Jacques Kagan
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Organic Photochemistry outlines the principles, techniques and well-known reactions occurring in organic molecules and also illustrates more complex photochemical transformations occurring in organic chemistry.
Many photochemical transformations convert simple molecules into extremely complex products with an ease not approached by the standard synthetic chemistry practiced in the laboratory. In the earlier chapters, the author outlines the principles, techniques and some of the well-known reactions occurring in organic molecules and later illustrates more complex photochemical transformations occuring in organic chemistry. Experimental techniques are included to encourage novices. Topics are emphasized where structural transformations can be formulated chemically. Practical applications are collected together. The book starts at a comfortably simple level with enough examples to provide an introduction to the diversity of photochemical reactions.

* Includes experimental techniques to encourage novices.

* Emphasizes topics where structural transformations can be formulated chemically

* Collects and presents practical applications

* Written in a simple style including enough examples to serve as an introduction to the diversity of photochemical reactions

Chemiluminescence: Principles and Applications in Biology and Medicine (Ellis Horwood Series in Biomedicine)

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Chemiluminescence: Principles and Applications in Biology and Medicine (Ellis Horwood Series in Biomedicine)
A. K. Campbell
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Nucleic Acid Analysis: Principles and Bioapplications

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Nucleic Acid Analysis: Principles and Bioapplications

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Nucleic acid analysis, one of the most powerful tools used in the modern laboratory, is on the verge of widespread commercial exploitation. For years it has been used to characterize the relationship between known and unknown genetic sequences. Possible commercial applications span such diverse fields as medicine, food technology, and the environmental sciences. This timely volume provides thorough coverage of the basic principles, methodology, and extensive use of nucleic acid hybridization.

Nucleic Acid Analysis: Principles and Bioapplications is divided into two sections. The first section focuses on methodology and offers an overview of nucleic acid hybridization assay techniques. It also details the isolation, cloning, and labeling of nucleic acid probe molecules, and the amplification of the signal detected from the binding of labeled probes.

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Approaches to genetic analyses for genetic disease screening and forensics
Approaches to infectious disease diagnosis
Diagnostic nucleic acid probe technology in veterinary and human medicine
Developments in food technology and the environmental sciences

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As the study of the interaction of light with matter, photochemistry is concerned with some of the most essential processes in nature. This interdisciplinary text describes the fundamental chemistry involved, and explains many of the critical ways in which photochemical changes affect life on
Earth. The central chapters describe the different ways in which a light-excited entity may react or undergo radiative or radiationless decay. Some of the more important experimental techniques in the field are explained and a brief introduction is provided to the study of the detailed dynamics of
photochemical processes, including the utilization of energy in specific quantum states of the starting species. With a careful balance of theory and practical applications, the book surveys natural photochemical processes and some industrial and experimental uses, including the synthesis of new
and complex organic species, numerous kinds of imaging and photographic techniques, and solar energy.

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Principles of Photochemistry
John A. Barltrop , and John D. Coyle
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Principles of Photochemistry (Monograph for Teachers)

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Principles of Photochemistry (Monograph for Teachers)
Paul Suppan
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Basic principles of photobiology and photochemistry for nurse phototherapists and phototechnicians. (includes continuing education test): An article from: Dermatology Nursing

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Basic principles of photobiology and photochemistry for nurse phototherapists and phototechnicians. (includes continuing education test): An article from: Dermatology Nursing
Eileen Enny Leach , Patricia B. McClelland , Pamela Morgan , and Joan Shelk
Manufacturer: Jannetti Publications, Inc.
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Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Dermatology Nursing, published by Jannetti Publications, Inc. on August 1, 1996. The length of the article is 5085 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Basic principles of photobiology and photochemistry for nurse phototherapists and phototechnicians. (includes continuing education test)
Author: Eileen Enny Leach
Publication: Dermatology Nursing (Refereed)
Date: August 1, 1996
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The study of composition operators lies at the interface of analytic function theory and operator theory. Composition Operators on Spaces of Analytic Functions synthesizes the achievements of the past 25 years and brings into focus the broad outlines of the developing theory. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the linear operators of composition with a fixed function acting on a space of analytic functions. This new book both highlights the unifying ideas behind the major theorems and contrasts the differences between results for related spaces. Nine chapters introduce the main analytic techniques needed, Carleson measure and other integral estimates, linear fractional models, and kernel function techniques, and demonstrate their application to problems of boundedness, compactness, spectra, normality, and so on, of composition operators. Intended as a graduate-level textbook, the prerequisites are minimal. Numerous exercises illustrate and extend the theory. For students and non-students alike, the exercises are an integral part of the book. By including the theory for both one and several variables, historical notes, and a comprehensive bibliography, the book leaves the reader well grounded for future research on composition operators and related areas in operator or function theory.

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Xenophon (ca. 430 to ca. 354 BCE) was a wealthy Athenian and friend of Socrates. He left Athens in 401 and joined an expedition including ten thousand Greeks led by the Persian governor Cyrus against the Persian king. After the defeat of Cyrus, it fell to Xenophon to lead the Greeks from the gates of Babylon back to the coast through inhospitable lands. Later he wrote the famous vivid account of this 'March Up-Country' (Anabasis); but meanwhile he entered service under the Spartans against the Persian king, married happily, and joined the staff of the Spartan king, Agesilaus. But Athens was at war with Sparta in 394 and so exiled Xenophon. The Spartans gave him an estate near Elis where he lived for years writing and hunting and educating his sons. Reconciled to Sparta, Athens restored Xenophon to honour but he preferred to retire to Corinth.

Xenophon's Anabasis is a true story of remarkable adventures. Hellenica, a history of Greek affairs from 411 to 362, begins as a continuation of Thucydides' account. There are four works on Socrates (collected in Volume IV of the Loeb Xenophon edition). In Memorabilia Xenophon adds to Plato's picture of Socrates from a different viewpoint. The Apology is an interesting complement to Plato's account of Socrates' defense at his trial. Xenophon's Symposium portrays a dinner party at which Socrates speaks of love; and Oeconomicus has him giving advice on household management and married life. Cyropaedia, a historical romance on the education of Cyrus (the Elder), reflects Xenophon's ideas about rulers and government; the Loeb edition is in two volumes.

We also have his Hiero, a dialogue on government; Agesilaus, in praise of that king; Constitution of Lacedaemon (on the Spartan system); Ways and Means (on the finances of Athens); Manual for a Cavalry Commander; a good manual of Horsemanship; and a lively Hunting with Hounds. The Constitution of the Athenians, though clearly not by Xenophon, is an interesting document on politics at Athens. These eight books are collected in the last of the seven volumes of the Loeb Classical Library edition of Xenophon.

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An Ancient Quest.......2006-11-03

This exciting battle story also is a meditation on leadership as the Greeks first attack and then retreat from the Persians across Tigris and Euphrates geography all too familiar at the present time.

The Real Deal!.......2006-07-24

I confess that I have heard of this classic for years and never made an attempt to read it until recently. It is a classic because it has stood the test of time. It is an outstanding account of the Greek Mercinaries who fought with Cyris in the 5th century BC. Although it reads much differently than a novel it is much more fascinating when you know that the words are written by the man who really participated in this epic adventure and survived to tell his story. I highly reccomend it to anyone who is interested in classsical warfare of just likes a good adventure story of men enduring extreme hardship and winning the battle in the end. You will not be disappointed.

brilliant story.......2006-04-03

It's a brilliant story, an epic hard to be found in other forms of literature throughout the world. Enjoyable, readable.

On a secondary note, I noticed the references to the absence of a movie. I'm writing a screenplay for this book, I'm an amateur writer in my free time and apart from poetry, fiction and short stories I'm interested in making screenplays from a few famous Classical stories. One of these is the battle of Marathon and the Anabasis itself. If you're interested my email is keltic_chi@yahoo.fr

Back to the story itself, I believe it's one of the few classical books that can be read by anyone, even if you're not particularly interested in the ancient world.

Jan

Greatest Story Ever Told?.......2005-07-18

Arguably the greatest military memoir ever written as well as the one of the greatest adventure stories ever told. Xenophon shows himself to be both a strong, fair leader and a humble person as he recounts the retreat from enemy territory. I understand there was a time when this was part of a mandatory curriculum in schools. How far we have fallen. Anabasis is a great story for all ages and would be a wise choice as a gift for young readers ( even if the younger ones need some help from their parents).

Incredible Classic.......2005-02-22

Although not as well known by the general populace as other great classics, Xenophon's Anabasis is both an exciting read and classic work of literature. Anabasis tells the tale of 10,000 Greek hoplites in western Persia (modern day Turkey and Iraq), and is a real page- turner. It provides valuable insight into hoplite warfare and the state of Greece and Persia during the time period in which the book was written (circa 400 B.C.).

Some knowledge of Greek warfare is required to fully appreciate Anabasis. Also, numerous Greek units of measurement are used throughout the book, but their modern equivalents can be found in footnotes in the book.

The Loeb edition is excellent, and the actual book is of the highest quality. An ancient Greek translation is provided, and hundreds of footnotes provide valuable information to today's reader.
P.S.- A helpful map is included.

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Xenophon's Anabasis, Books I-IV
Xenophon; [ed. Maurice mather and Joseph William Hewitt]
Manufacturer: Oklahoma
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Anabasis
Ultimate Student Edition
An Excellent Book for Self Study

Xenophon's Anabasis: Book 1-4
Maurice W. Mather , and Joseph William Hewitt
Manufacturer: University of Oklahoma Press
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Anabasis.......2006-11-02

Excellent edition of the Anabasis.I recommend it to anyone interested in Greek history and literature.The commentaries are informative and really add to the experience.

Ultimate Student Edition.......2002-11-19

Mather and Hewitt's edition of the Anabasis is self-contained in a way that very few Greek texts currently in print are: not only does it have a very detailed line-by-line commentary, map and complete vocabulary, it also has a fulsome introduction to Xenophon and the Anabasis, including what the ancients thought of Xenophon, Xenophon's personality and subsequent literary career, and the organization and equipment of the Persian and Greek armies. The introduction and commentary are both pre-multiculturalist and therefore unabashedly discuss such things as the moral lessons to be drawn from the Anabasis, and the Anabasis as a model of democracy. Throughout, the text is furthermore illustrated with delightful little reproductions of Greek and Persian art, technology, monuments, coins, weapons, etc.

And of course, if you're looking to brush up on your Greek without the aid of a classroom and instructor, this edition is a great choice. Not only does it have the advantages enumerated above, but the Anabasis itself is relatively easy and clear Greek with a historical rather than philosophical vocabulary.

An Excellent Book for Self Study.......2000-09-20

This is an excellent edition for those who are studying Greek on their own. The Anabasis is a fine second year book because its Greek is easier than the "Apology of Socrates" by Plato. This edition also has grammatical notes and a Greek-English dictionary of all the words you will need for translation. You do not have to spend hours looking them up in the Liddell-Scott lexicon. Also, it lists interesting cognates and borrowings for most words. I strongly recommend this edition for those working on Greek as a hobby or outside of an academic environment.

The Long March: Xenophon and the Ten Thousand

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An Artifact in Itself.

The Long March: Xenophon and the Ten Thousand

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ASIN: 0300104030

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The March of the Ten Thousand is one of the most famous military adventures in the ancient world. Its fearless army of Greek mercenaries marched through western Asia (modern Turkey and Iraq) in 401–399 B.C., their hopes and hardships recounted by Xenophon, the Athenian, an admiring pupil of Socrates. Xenophon’s history of the Long March, or Anabasis, is a classic of Greek literature.
In this book, twelve leading scholars explore the Anabasis, a deceptively simple and profoundly rich source of social and cultural history and the mentality of the ancient Greek participants. The contributors explore a wide range of topics, from Xenophon’s values, motives, and manner as a writer to the outlook of his companions as mercenary soldiers, from his descriptions of religion in soldiers’ lives to their relations with women, boys, and the many foreign peoples encountered during the march.

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An Artifact in Itself........2007-01-23

A dozen specialists assemble to discuss their speciality. They write papers and read them to one another. The papers repeat what they know and a few things that are new. These are published in a book.

They remind each other that a parasang was a unit of time, not space; that Xenophon was often self-serving; and that motives of Greeks on the march were mixed. These are worth being reminded of, but not new. Recent discoveries in Persian studies are mentioned, but not examined. None realizes that the Cyropaedea is as much a treatise on an ideal curriculum, an issue that was on Plato's mind, as it is an encomium for Cyrus. Many, based on their own attention spans, are certain that Xenophon could not possibly have reported long speeches verbatim, decades after the fact, without contemporaneous notes. None speculates that Xenophon's name, "foreign voice," might have significance.

The book covers important issues and reports current directions of scholarship for specialists in other fields as well as laity. But its most interesting aspect may be the character of examiners themselves. Their intellectual style, strategies, and speculations reveal the pathology of those who dedicate themselves to knowing more and more about less and less. This makes it diverting, as well as improving, for the careful reader.

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Anabasis
Xenophon
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The March of the Ten Thousand (The March Upcountry, The Anabasis, The Persian Expedition)

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Gripping eyewitness to history

The March of the Ten Thousand (The March Upcountry, The Anabasis, The Persian Expedition)
Xenophon
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1 MP3-CD, With Music and Sound Effects, 7 Hours 33 Minutes THE MARCH OF THE TEN THOUSAND, (The March Upcountry, The Anabasis, The Persian Expedition, March to the Sea) is one of the most admired and widely read pieces of all ancient literature. Xenophon employs a very simple, straightforward style to describe what is probably the most fabulous military adventure ever undertaken. When Cyrus, brother to the Great King of Persia, attempts to overthrow his feckless sibling, he employs a Greek mercenary army of 10,000 hoplites. Xenophon is among the common soldiers. When this army becomes stranded as a result of the death of Cyrus, and then witnesses the treacherous murder of its entire officer corps, despair overtakes them. Xenophon rallies the Greeks, has them elect new officers, then leads them to freedom across 1,500 miles of hostile territory seething with adversaries. It is an epic of courage, faith and democratic principle.

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Gripping eyewitness to history.......2007-04-30

This is a gripping tale of an army of men trapped deep in enemy territory 1,500 miles from home - alone, leaderless and outnumbered - and their ability to regroup and safely retreat against all odds. Google around the web for a few good maps to help you follow the march.

I especially enjoyed the several magnificent speeches Xenophon gives to rally the troops or to defend himself against accusers. One of his best quotes: "a prince's finest possessions are justice and generosity."

This very human study shows human behavior does not change. It's easier (or clearer) to deal with enemies than friends, as friends come in many guises. Interesting for insight into political machinations of the ancient world. But one could substitute more familiar terms such as "senate" or "mayor" and recognize the same types of people and patterns of behavior.

Good reader, good pacing.

The March Up Country: A Translation of Xenophon's Anabasis (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)

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An exciting literary expedition

The March Up Country: A Translation of Xenophon's Anabasis (Ann Arbor Paperbacks)
Xenophon
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The famous chronicle of the wealthy Athenian leader Xenophon, brought to life for the modern reader

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An exciting literary expedition.......2003-05-10

This is one of those books you have on your list of "books-I-am-going-to-read-someday." Okay, someday arrived. I should have read it decades ago. This is a fairly good translation and the story is written, as was the custom at that time, from the third person point of view. The story begins with a bang and immediately carries us into the expedition itself. When a Greek mercenary army attempts to help Cyrus overthrow his relative, (his brother, Artaxerxes, was the Persian King), it marches all the way to Babylon to give battle...and wins! But Cyrus is killed in the battle and the Greeks find themselves stranded. After the Greek generals are killed in a treacherous parley, the army does not disintegrate, as Artaxerxes and the Persians expect. Instead, they elect new officers, Xenophon among them, and proceed to march out of the Persian Empire across 1,500 miles of hostile terrain teeming with savage adversaries. Xenophon employs a straightforward, soldierly style as he describes people, places and events. It is a wonderful narrative and the action keeps you turning pages until the end. By a happy coincidence, history has preserved this enchanting adventure story. If you prefer to hear a recorded version of it, I recorded it for Audio Connoisseur and you can find it here at Amazon.

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Great Book!
An Essential Classic

Anabasis: The March Up Country
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On War (Oxford World's Classics)

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Xenophon's Anabasis is a classic tale of high adventure. An army of 10,000 Greek warriors, far from home, find themselves in hostile territory, vastly outnumbered and in great peril. Their leader, Cyrus the Great, has been killed in battle along with a number of their other generals. They must undertake an unparalleled arduous trek and make a heroic fighting retreat to save themselves from certain death.

This true story, told by the man who became one of the leaders of the valiant band of warriors, was the stuff of legend. It is ingrained in the history of the Greeks as a cherished tale of overcoming hardship with courage and nearly superhuman endurance. Even Alexander the Great was said to have kept a copy of this book and to have often referred to it for inspiration.

Told in the third person, as were Caesar's Commentaries, the style is simple, direct and unpretentious. Students of Greek Culture often find it a pleasure to read because of its uncomplicated style of writing in addition to being exciting story that accurately describes real people, places and times. This translation, by Professor H. G. Dakyns, retains the flavor of the original and includes embedded explanatory notes to help clarify references and unfamiliar geography.

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Great Book!.......2007-03-25

Anabasis: The March Up Country is a great book. It is considered to be a classic for good reasons: it is a good read, it deals with really important matters, it is superb literature and it is a landmark in the history of civilization.

For about two thousand years, it has been on the reading list of most educated people in the Western Hemisphere. Undoubtedly, it will still be part of the curriculum at most of the world's colleges and universities two thousand years from now. You just can't consider yourself to have received a proper education without having read this great Greek classic.

While you are at it, you should also read:
Aristotle - Ethics and Politics
Homer - The Iliad and The Odyssey
and
History of the Peloponnesian War

Classics like these are not stuffy, pompous, overblown literature that some ignorant anti-intellectuals might think. They are genuine looks at life by excellent writers who had something important to say - and said it well.

An Essential Classic.......2007-03-22

Anabasis is one of those classics that is difficult to over praise. It was written at the very beginning of what we now call Western Civilization and established a benchmark for military narrative that has seldom been surpassed.

It demonstrates that when the chips are down, courage and professionalism save lives. In this case, the discipline and training of the Greek troops made all the difference between life and death: In ordinary times, just being "good enough" will normally get by, but in extraordinary circumstances, only "the best" is good enough.

Every soldier should read this classic to appreciate the magnitude of the danger they may face and every civilian should read it to gain an appreciation for the price that soldiers may be required to pay. Waging warfare is not a sport or a casual occupation. This ancient Greek classic makes that point clearly.

A companion book, History of the Peloponnesian War, does an equally superb job of exploring the interplay of politics and war that is a meaningful today as it was over 2000 years ago.

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Xenophon's Anabasis: Seven Books

Manufacturer: American Book Company
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THE ANABASIS
Xenophon (Translated By Rev. J. S. Watson)
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