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Material Type: | Biography |
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Document Type: | Book |
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Nicholas Edward Morton; Oxford University Press. |
ISBN: | 9780198824541 0198824548 |
OCLC Number: | 1225224387 |
Awards: | Winner of Winner, The Verbruggen Prize, The Society for Medieval Military History. |
Description: | XV, [3], 289 stron : ilustracje ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | Introduction1: Frankish Expansion2: Friends and Foes (1099-1129)3: Aleppo and Damascus (1117-1129): The challenge of the Big Cities4: The evolving balance of power (1130s-1148)5: The rise of Nur al-Din 1149-11746: Saladin and the battle Hattin7: Innovation and cross-cultural exchange in the evolution of Near Eastern warfareWhy did the Crusader States lose the contest for the Near East? |
Responsibility: | Nicholas Morton. |
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For general readers, perhaps the most important conclusion of Morton's book is that because such a complex and evolving political, cultural, and religious climate characterized the Near East, both alliances and wars were not driven by religious ideology alone ... This volume therefore breaks new ground in military history and should become required reading for those interested in the history of the crusades, conflicts in the Near East, and the Mediterranean. * Jessalynn Bird, Sehepunkte * Morton ambitiously sets out to offer a comprehensive analysis of all the military activity of the region in the twelfth century, with as many military episodes considered as possible, from the smallest to the largest. In this, he has succeeded impressively. The results of his extensive research have led to not only an invaluable book on warfare in the Middle East in the twelfth century, but one which also contributes notably to our understanding of medieval warfarein general. It is a thoroughly engrossing read. * Sean McGlynn, Global Military Studies Review * Read more...

