"In this book, Nudell paints a rich picture of Classical and early Hellenistic Ionia, full of depth and detail, bringing the complex dynamics of Ionian political history into sharp focus. He offers us the first coherent overview of the period in Ionia, filling what was a conspicuous gap in the scholarly literature."
--Bryn Mawr Classical Review— Bryn Mawr Classical Review
“This is the first existing monograph on its topic, and it fills a major gap in the historical literature on Ionia, for which the preceding Archaic and subsequent Hellenistic periods have received far greater attention. Nudell offers a new dimension to studies of Classical polis identity and social development and contributes to scholarship on interactions between local and globalizing factors, or between cities and empires, in the ancient Mediterranean and western Asia.”
—John Hyland, Christopher Newport University
— John Hyland
"As Josh Nudell demonstrates in Accustomed to Obedience?, there were many types of Greeks who remained Greek despite the efforts at eradication. Perhaps, there is time—both for scholars and for popular admirers of Ancient Greece—to follow the Greek adage of “all things in moderation” and aim for a complicated and multilayered but nonetheless authentic and appreciative understanding of Greece."-Jesse Russell, Voegelin View
— Jesse Russell
"Accustomed to Obedience? is a welcome addition to this scholarship, being the first monograph to treat the history of Ionia from 480 to 294 BCE, convincingly demonstrating that Ionia played an active role in events of this period."
— Choice, S. M. Burstein, emeritus, California State University, Los Angeles