Pericles of Athens and the Birth of Democracy

"The 20th century's historian of Athenian democracy, Donald Kagan, faithful to his lifelong fascination with Pericles, its undisputed hero, gives us an accessible and invaluable account of his life and deeds. Kagan persuasively argues that Pericles is the very model of democratic statesmanship, a model urgently needed by rulers and peoples in our time." - Allan Bloom