The tradition of Greek diplomacy -- The Peloponnese and the growth of Spartan power -- The emergence of Athenian power -- The confrontation of Athens and Sparta -- The Ten Years' war and the peace of Nicias -- Athens succumbs to Sparta -- The ascendancy of Sparta -- The principles of autonomy and the Athenian naval confederacy -- The rise of Thebes -- Philip of Macedon and Demosthenes -- Alexander the Great and the extension of Greek horizons -- Rome underwrites Greek freedom -- Greece passes into Roman dominion -- The records and practices of diplomacy -- The aims of diplomacy -- The methods of diplomacy -- The institutions of diplomacy -- The instruments of diplomacy
