Andrew Wheatcroft: 3 books
Infidels
A History of the Conflict Between Christendom and Islam
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2004
Here is the first panoptic history of the long struggle between the Christian West and Islam.
In this dazzlingly written, acutely nuanced account, Andrew Wheatcroft tracks a deep fault line of animosity between civilizations. He begins with a stunning account of the Battle of Lepanto in 1571,...
The Enemy at the Gate
Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2009
An acclaimed history of the Great Siege of Vienna, when the Ottoman Empire and the Habsburg dynasty came face to face
In 1683, an Ottoman army that stretched from horizon to horizon set out to seize Vienna, the bulwark of Christendom. The ensuing siege pitted battle-hardened Janissaries wielding...
Who's Who in Military History
From 1453 to the Present Day
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
The Routledge Who's Who in Military History looks at those men and women who have shaped the course of war. It concentrates on all those periods about which the reader is likely to want information - the eighteenth-century wars in Europe, the American Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars and the major...