10-17-2006, 08:56 AM
Th author isn't completely honest. The arguments of Delbruck were technical. He said if it was a true nightmare in the XIX century to supply an army of 1.000.000 men with railroads and modern roads, it would be impossible in the V century BC with an army of 3.000.000 men. And if he would have reunited such an army, it would be impossible to the little greek armies to resist (remember, the spartans died in Thermopyle). So he calculated that an army between 20.000 and 50.000 men, that would be realistic to maintain by the persians and to be defeated by the greeks.
