Bibliograph

The grand strategy of the Byzantine Empire, Edward N. Luttwak

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The grand strategy of the Byzantine Empire, Edward N. Luttwak

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-490) and indexes

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The grand strategy of the Byzantine Empire

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

317361758

Responsibility statement

Edward N. Luttwak

Table Of Contents

The invention of Byzantine strategy. Attila and the crisis of empire ; The emergence of the new strategy ; 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 -- 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-- Grand strategy and the Byzantine "operational code" -- Appendix. Was strategy feasible in Byzantine times? -- Emperors from Constantine I to Constantine XI

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