The grand strategy of the Byzantine Empire /

"In this book, the distinguished writer Edward Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is al...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Luttwak, Edward (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.
Temas:
To 1500
Strategy > History > To 1500.
Military art and science > Byzantine Empire > History.
Imperialism > History > To 1500.
Art et science militaires > Empire byzantin > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
HISTORY > Military > Other.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
Imperialism.
Diplomatic relations.
Military art and science.
Military policy.
Strategy.
Militär
Taktik
Militärpolitik
Strategie > Byzanz (Reich)
Militär > Byzanz.
Kriegführung > Byzanz.
Kriegführung.
Diplomatie.
Strategie.
Militär.
Taktik.
Militärpolitik.
Byzantine Empire > Military policy.
Byzantine Empire > History, Military.
Byzantine Empire > Foreign relations.
Empire byzantin > Histoire militaire.
Empire byzantin > Relations extérieures.
Byzantine Empire.
Byzantinisches Reich
Byzantinisches Reich.
History.
Military history.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • pt. 1. The invention of Byzantine strategy
  • Attila and the crisis of empire
  • The emergence of the new strategy
  • pt. 2. Byzantine diplomacy : the myth and the methods
  • Envoys
  • Religion and statecraft
  • The uses of imperial prestige
  • Dynastic marriages
  • The geography of power
  • Bulghars and Bulgarians
  • The Muslim Arabs and Turks
  • pt. 3. The Byzantine art of war
  • The classical inheritance
  • The strategikon of Maurikios
  • After the strategikon
  • Leo VI and naval warfare
  • The tenth-century military renaissance
  • Strategic maneuver : Herakleios defeats Persia
  • Conclusion: Grand strategy and the Byzantine "operational code"
  • Appendix: Was strategy feasible in Byzantine times?
  • Emperors from Constantine I to Constantine XI
  • Glossary.

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