"The papers in this volume were originally given at the Fifth International Sparta Seminar held on 1st-4th September 2004 at the Université de Rennes II" - Introduction, p. vii.
Contents: Introduction / Stephen Hodkinson ; The Spartan 'tremblers' / Jean Ducat ; The Spartan hippeis / Thomas J.Figueira ; Commemorating the Spartan war-dead / Polly Low ; Was Classical Sparta a military society? / Stephen Hodkinson ; The Lacedaemonian state: fortifications, frontiers and historical problems / Jacqueline Christien ; Amompharetos, the lochos of Pitane and the Spartan system of villages / Marcello Lupi ; Why the Spartans fight so well...even in disorder - Xenophon's view / Noreen Humble ; The politics of Spartan mercenary service / Ellen Millender ;Spartans and the use of treachery among their enemies / Francoise Ruzé ; Why did Sparta not destroy Athens in 404, or 403 BC? / Anton Powell.
Sparta and war. ISBN 1905125119. Published by Classical Press of Wales in 2006. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.