From: "Andy" <as-AT-spelthorne.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1999 09:16:40 +0000
Subject: Re: Kosovo Motives etc.


Brian
>   I think it instructive to look at the 
> Athenian League that was formed to defend Greek city states against Persia.  
> Eventually, the allies of Athens became the subjects of Athens.  That was its 
> weakness in confronting Sparta and its allies.   Look for lots of expressions 
> of solidarity with and deference to "our European allies."

The Athenian Empire, Russell Meiggs, Oxford

for anyone who's interested and wants to develop a slightly jaundiced 
view of how direct participatory democracy [except women and slaves] 
turned out. It's particularly good on the between the 
lines of written history archaeological finds which show the 
punitive tribute extraction from those who dared to revolt e.g. Samos 
et al.


 
_as