The crusader strategy : defending the Holy Land 1099-1187 /

A new look at the crusaders, which shows how they pursued long-term plans and clear strategic goals Medieval states, and particularly crusader societies, often have been considered brutish and culturally isolated. It seems unlikely that they could develop "strategy" in any meaningful sense...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Tibble, Steven (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
To 1500
Crusades > 13th-15th centuries.
Strategy > History > To 1500.
Croisades > Dernières, 13e, 14e, et 15e siècles.
HISTORY > Military > Medieval.
Crusades
Strategy
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Strategy in a medieval state: do fish need bicycles?
  • Prelude: a time before strategy?
  • The coastal strategy: 1099-1124
  • The hinterland strategy: 1125-1153
  • The Ascalon strategy: 1125-1153
  • Interlude: the strategy of repression?
  • The Egyptian strategy: 1154-1169
  • The frontier strategy: 1170-1187
  • Reflections.

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