SOTIRIOS F. DROKALOS

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES

• ‘The Sicilian Expedition Reconsidered’, British Journal for Military History, 8.1 (2022), pp. 2-19. https://doi.org/10.25602/GOLD.bjmh.v8i1.1603

Abstract: According to Thucydides, or the prevailing modern interpretation of his classic work, the Athenian campaign in Sicily was the main cause of the Athenian defeat in the Peloponnesian war. Modern scholars tend to favour this view, so much so that the Sicilian campaign is universally held up as a classic example of a strategic mistake. This essay attempts, through the lens of a structural realist or neorealist theory of International Relations, to demonstrate that this was not the case. In fact, the Sicilian expedition was a foreseeable and rational strategic choice which was in line with Athenian foreign policy, and was not the main cause of the Athenian defeat. Read the essay: https://journals.gold.ac.uk/index.php/bjmh/article/view/1603/1717

• ”The Centre of Gravity in Modern Strategic Theory and Alexander the Great’s Lesson’, Strateghein V. 3 (Winter 2021), pp. 139-150. [in Greek]

OTHER ACCREDITED PUBLICATIONS

• ‘The Greco-Carthaginian Wars,’ On the shores of the Mediterranean Sea: Greece and Tunisia, Hellenic National Defense General Staff, Athens, 2023, pp. 91-104.

ARTICLES IN MAGAZINES, SITES, AND NEWSPAPERS

Read articles of mine on Italian and Greek sites and learn about my numerous essays published in Greek or Italian magazines in my Italian/Greek website: www.sotiriosdrokalos.com