MELOS AND INTERNATIONAL NEGOTIATIONS Fear‚ honor‚ interest--Thucydides could scarcely have phrased it better. The classics can help American business leaders sort out situations of power balance. In 416 BC the leadership of the Greek city-state of Melos opted to fight the mighty Athenian empire rather than accept vassal status. Athens had been at war against Sparta‚ to the south in the Peloponnesus‚ more or less continuously since 431 BC. Athens had been unable to make much headway on land against
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League of Nations and USA The message of this cartoon is that without the USA in the League of Nations‚ the League isn’t complete and will be weak without it’s figurehead of new power‚ which would have been the USA. The USA didn’t join the League because Woodrow Wilson and the Democrats (who proposed the idea of the League of Nations) lost against the Republicans. In America‚ the people were anxious that if they joined the League‚ they would have to send men to fight conflicts across the world‚
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Name: Stevie Wallace The League of Nations President Wilson Henry Cabot Lodge Why is he giving this speech? Sourcing What do you predict he will say in this speech? What is going on at this time? Contextualization (same answer for both
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lost about 500 players to the service‚ the question that haunted the baseball fans was‚ would baseball survive the war? The players were trading in their major league uniforms to fight for another team. The war claimed talents like Joe DiMaggio‚ Ted Williams‚ and Bob Feller. Team owners come up with a solution to halt a shut down. A League of Their Own‚ directed by Penny Marshall and released July 1‚ 1992‚ was a portrayal of the baseball debacle that happened during World War II. Columbia Pictures
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Kavon Nowroozi Honors English 10 20 November 2012 Freedom vs. Survival in The Melian Dialogue The Melian Dialogue‚ written by Thucydides‚ is an account of the confrontation between the people of Melos and the people of Athens. Melos was a small island off the southeastern coast of Greece that tried to remain independent and neutral during the Peloponnesian War. The Athenians wanted to gain control of Melos in order to intimidate the Spartans. The theme of freedom vs. survival is evident throughout
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The Peloponnesian war was a war of ancient Greece‚ (431 BC-404 BC) fought between the leading city-state of Athens and Sparta‚ along with their allies‚ resulting in the transfer of hegemony from Athenian to Sparta. The fundamental cause of the war was the Spartan fear of Athenian imperialism. These two powers have asymmetrically different military strengths. The Athenians and their allies relied on its Navy‚ while Sparta and their alliance relied on a strong army. Pericles led the Athenians and Archidamus
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Crisis Negotiations Between Unequals by Heinz Waelchli and Dhavan Shah Case Illustration: Impractical power negotiation the Melian Dialogue between Athenian Empire and ppl from isle of Melos Both Athenian and Empire engaged in hard positional bargaining – no tradeoff and mutual interest/agreement Effect: DISASTER the destruction of Melos Analysis: Who are they? Athenian Empire | Isle of Melos | Involved in Peloponnesian War (Athenian vs. Spartans) | Independent‚ neutral
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Negotiation is perhaps the most flexible form of dispute resolution in modern times. However‚ it cannot be assured that it will always reach a positive conclusion. The negotiation dialogue in between the powerful Athenians and weak Melians is one such example. Melians were concerned with fairness‚ justice‚ impartiality‚ and honor. They were quite idealistic and proved to be uncompromising on that principle. On the other hand‚ Athenians were apprehensive towards the Melian’s reservations. They were
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The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization is a documentary and TV series about the rises and falls of Athens. Liam Neeson narrates throughout the documentary of the civilization of ancient Greece. The filmmaker Anthony Geffen covered both the fourth and fifth centuries B.C. Actors were also used to portray historical events and people during this period. The documentary starts with the history of Athens beginning with the rule of Peisistratos whom transformed the city. He needed allies‚ in that way his
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Throughout the Peloponnesian war‚ the island of Melos had managed to remain neutral‚ while refusing to become a subject of Athens. However‚ as the war progressed‚ Athens closed in on the island‚ which responded with hostility. The Athenians the in a frank manner suitable to their bold nature‚ offered the Melians an ultimatum that was essentially to surrender and pay tribute to Athens‚ or be conquered and destroyed. Throughout the dialogue that commenced between the Melians and the Athenians‚ the
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