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The Realism of Thucydides

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Which actor does Thucydides consider to be the principal actor in war and politics in his History of the Peloponnesian War?

The state (correct)

Subnational actors

The government

International institutions

According to Thucydides, how does a state speak and act once it decides to go to war or capitulate?

With international institutions

With multiple voices

With subnational actors

With one voice (correct)

How does Thucydides assume decision makers acting in the name of the state to be?

Subversive actors

Rational actors (correct)

Emotional actors

Irrational actors

The Realism of Thucydides

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Which actor does Thucydides consider to be the principal actor in war and politics in his History of the Peloponnesian War?

According to Thucydides, how does a state speak and act once it decides to go to war or capitulate?

How does Thucydides assume decision makers acting in the name of the state to be?

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