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Byzantine Armies 886-1118 by Ian Heath (1979, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100850453062

ISBN-139780850453065

eBay Product ID (ePID)834745

Product Key Features

Book TitleByzantine Armies 886-1118

Number of Pages48 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / Medieval, Byzantine Empire

Publication Year1979

IllustratorYes, Mcbride, Angus

GenreHistory

AuthorIan Heath

Book SeriesMen-At-Arms Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight5.3 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition19

Series Volume Number89

Dewey Decimal355/.009495

Table Of ContentIntroduction · Organization · The Tagmata · The Varangian Guard · The Theme System · The Terrible Day: Manzikert 1071 · The Post-Manzikurt Period · The Plates

SynopsisThe Byzantines had a remarkably sophisticated approach to politics and military strategy. Unlike most of their contemporaries, they learnt very early in their history that winning a battle did not necessarily win a war, and they frequently bought off their enemies with treaties and bribes rather than squander men and mat riel in potentially fruitless campaigns. The Byzantine army of the 10th and early 11th centuries, at the height of its power and efficiency, was the best-organised, best-trained, best-equipped and highest-paid in the known world. This splendid book by Ian Heath examines the Byzantine Armies from 886-1118, including the lusty, hard-fighting, hard-drinking 'barbarian' Varangian guard., The Byzantines had a remarkably sophisticated approach to politics and military strategy. Unlike most of their contemporaries, they learnt very early in their history that winning a battle did not necessarily win a war, and they frequently bought off their enemies with treaties and bribes rather than squander men and matériel in potentially fruitless campaigns. The Byzantine army of the 10th and early 11th centuries, at the height of its power and efficiency, was the best-organised, best-trained, best-equipped and highest-paid in the known world. This splendid book by Ian Heath examines the Byzantine Armies from 886-1118, including the lusty, hard-fighting, hard-drinking 'barbarian' Varangian guard.

LC Classification NumberDF543