Lawrence Tritle has been teaching at Loyola Marymount University (Los Angeles) since 1978. As historian of ancient Greece and combat veteran of the Vietnam War, his research and writing (From Melos to My Lai. War and Survival (2000) and A New History of the Peloponnesian War (2010)), focus on the field of comparative war and violence. His interests here examine the experience of war from a human perspective, investigating how war affects not only the individuals who fight, but also the wider impact of violence on culture and society. Recent publications include: A New History of the Peloponnesian War. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2010; Alexander the Great: A New History.Ed. by W. Heckle and L. Tritle. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009; From Melos to My Lai. War and Survival. London and New York: Routledge, 2000. And now in preparation: The Oxford Handbook to Warfare in the Ancient World. Ed. by B. Campbell and L. Tritle. New York: Oxford University Press.
Classics Department