Educação Superior::Ciências Humanas::HistóriaPresents a lecture with the professor Donald Kagan about the role of Pericles as a war general. In this analyses he describes Pericles' strategy of war and then he evaluates this strategy. Pericles' strategy was characterized by being both defensive and rational. The professor points out that there were two flaws. First, the Athenians did not have an offensive plan: that is, a plan to deter the Spartans from quitting the war. Second, Pericles failed to realize that war is not always rational