Paul A. Rahe is a Rhodes Scholar and holds the Charles O. Lee and Louise K. Lee Chair in the Western Heritage at Hillsdale College. He is the author of numerous books including the three-volume Republics Ancient and Modern.
Winner of the 2019 Stratfor Book Award for Geopolitical Analysis, sponsored by the Mackinder Forum Rahe has written a clear and thorough history of the Pentecontaetia. His profound command of the sources and prose, supported by clear and well placed maps, makes this book a must for the general reader as well as scholars. -Bob Strassler, Founder and Series Editor of the Landmark Ancient Histories