Why Were The Athenians Successful

First off, I believe that Athens did not have the right resources and the right strategy due to lack of planning and a lack of willingness to adjust. Maybe if they had planned accordingly and made sure that they would be properly financed then it would not have been such a catastrophe disaster. The second reason I believe for the Athenian failure was the recall of Alcibiades. He was a man of his people and very charismatic. The only reason the Athenian people put up with Alcibiades behavior for so long was due to the power of his speechmaking. The charisma was needed when the Athenians finally got tired of him back home.
This de-motivated the troops and indeed Nicias spent most of his time sailing around the coast of Sicily with only minor