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Byzantine military tactics in Syria and Mesopotamia in the tenth century : a comparative study
- Title
- Byzantine military tactics in Syria and Mesopotamia in the tenth century : a comparative study / Georgios Theotokis.
- Author
- Theotokis, Georgios
- Publication
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
- ©2018
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- Description
- vii, 348 pages : maps; 24 cm
- Summary
- Examines the strategies and military tactics of the Byzantines and their enemies in Eastern Anatolia, Syria and in Upper Mesopotamia in the tenth century. The period of conflict is difficult to define. It was too inactive to be called a "war," but too active to be called a "cold war." Nevertheless, it was a "war," even if it lacked the numerous pitched battles or protracted sieges that defined other periods or other operational theaters of war. This study examines the way the Byzantines innovated and adapted their strategies and tactics to those of their enemies in the East, giving a rich picture of tenth-century Byzantine warfare.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Military history.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-340) and indexes.
- Contents
- Acknowledgements -- List of rulers -- Map 1 Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia -- Map 2 Armenian themes and principalities. Introduction -- The "grand strategy" of the Byzantine Empire -- Byzantine and Arab strategies and campaigning tactics in Cilicia and Anatolia (eighth-tenth centuries) -- The Empire's foreign policy in the East and the key role of Armenia (c.870-965) -- The Byzantine view of their enemies on the battlefield: the Arabs -- Methods of transmission of (military) knowledge (I): reconnaissance, intelligence -- Methods of transmission of (military) knowledge (II): espionage -- Tactical changes in the Byzantine armies of the tenth century: theory and practice on the battlefields of the East -- Tactical changes in the Byzantine armies of the tenth century: investigating the root causes -- Byzantine-Arab battles of the tenth century: evidence of innovation and adaptation in the chronicler sources -- Tactical innovation and adaptation in the Byzantine army of the tenth century: the study of the battles. -- Summaries and conclusions. Primary bibliography -- Secondary bibliography -- Index.
- Call Number
- JFE 19-2045
- ISBN
- 1474431038
- 9781474431033
- LCCN
- 2018410346
- OCLC
- 1075607432
- Author
- Theotokis, Georgios, author.
- Title
- Byzantine military tactics in Syria and Mesopotamia in the tenth century : a comparative study / Georgios Theotokis.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Type of Content
- textcartographic image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-340) and indexes.
- Other Form:
- Electronic version: Theotokis, Georgios. Byzantine military tactics in Syria and Mesopotamia in the 10th century. Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2018] 9781474431057 (OCoLC)1055160543
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-2045