Rhoads Murphey

Ottoman Warfare, 1500-1700

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Produktbeschreibung

A study of the Ottoman military machine and its successes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East in a period when they were feared by Western European states and were the focus of much military concern.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. November 1998
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781857283891
• ISBN-10: 1857283899
• Artikelnr.: 23519017

Autorenporträt

Rhoads Murphey University of Birmingham

Inhaltsangabe

1 General political framework: the evolving context 2 Material constraints
on Ottoman warfare: the immutable context 3 Military manpower and military
spending: an attempt at realistic assessment 4 Troop movement and army
transport 5 Provisioning the army 6 Ottoman methods of warfare: experience,
competence and adherence to standard norms of contemporary military
practice 7 Motivational and psychological aspects of Ottoman warfare 8 The
aftereffects of Ottoman warfare: a review of the essential elements of
Ottoman pragmatism in the military sphere 9 Conclusion - war and social
transformation in the Ottoman empire