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  • Fighting for the Faith

    The Many Fronts of Crusade & Jihad 1000-1500 AD

    by David Nicolle ...
    From an expert on medieval warfare, an analysis of the moral, legal, religious frameworks and military strategies of Christian and Islamic Holy Wars.Fighting between Christians and Muslims in the medieval period is often seen in the narrow context of the battle for the Holy Land. Other points of conflict tend to be ignored. But, as David Nicolle's thought-provoking survey shows, the religions ... Read more

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  • Saladin and the Fall of Jerusalem

    Richard the Lionheart, the Crusades and the Battle for the Holy Land

    by David Nicolle, Stanley Lane-Poole ...
    Saladin is a legendary figure in the history of the Middle East. His rise to prominence in the tumultuous arena of twelfth-century Middle Eastern politics was rapid and he quickly established himself as an intrepid statesman as well as a formidable military commander of great skill, but equally a man of honour.This detailed biography of Saladin, and history of his life and times, was written by ... Read more

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  • Cross & Crescent in the Balkans

    The Ottoman Conquest of Southeastern Europe (14th–15th centuries)

    by David Nicolle ...
    This is NOT just another retelling of the Fall of Constantinople, though it does include a very fine account of that momentous event. It is the history of a quite extraordinary century, one which began when a tiny of force of Ottoman Turkish warriors was invited by the Christian Byzantine Emperor to cross the Dardanelles from Asia into Europe to assist him in one of the civil wars which were ... Read more

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  • Air Power and the Arab World, 1909-1955

    Volume 10: The First Arab-Israeli War Begins, 15-31 May 1948

    by David Nicolle, Gabr Ali Gabr ...
    Series Book 62 - Middle East@War
    This entry in the MiddleEast@War series is illustrated with abundant photographs from previously unused, or very rarely used, private and official sources.Air Power and the Arab World, 1909–1955 Volume 10 continues the story of the men and machines of the first half-century of military aviation in the Arab world. It tells the story of the first two weeks of the first of the Arab-Israeli Wars – ... Read more

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  • Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955

    Volume 9 - The Arab Air Forces and a New World Order, 1946-1948

    by Dr David Nicolle, Gabr Ali Gabr ...
    Series Book 59 - Middle East@War
    Volume 9 of the Air Power and the Arab World 1909-1955 mini-series continues the story of the men and machines of the first half century of military aviation in the Arab World. For those Arab nations which had some degree of independence, the political, cultural and economic strains seen during the Second World War continued to have a major impact, not least upon their military forces. In Egypt, ... Read more

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  • Warriors and their Weapons around the Time of the Crusades

    Relationships between Byzantium, the West and the Islamic World

    by David Nicolle ...
    Series series Variorum Collected Studies
    The technological relationship between the three main civilizations of the Western world - Byzantium, the Islamic world and the West - most particularly in the area of arms, armour and military technology is a field of research for which Dr Nicolle is noted. This volume deals principally with Western Europe and Byzantium, which for many centuries learnt from the Muslims in these matters; several ... Read more

    $91.99 USD

  • The Italian Army of World War I

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    The dilemma of the young Italian kingdom and the experience of her army in the Great War were unique among the combatant nations.Late to enter the war against the Central Powers, she faced a massively defended Austro-Hungarian front in the north, including strong mountain features, as well as distractions in the Balkans and a simultaneous rebellion in her Libyan colony. Costly and repeated battles ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • European Medieval Tactics (2)

    New Infantry, New Weapons 1260–1500

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 189 - Elite
    With the development in the 13th century of co-operative tactics using crossbowmen and heavy spearmen, the charge by Muslim horse-archers, and then by European armoured knights, could be defied.Infantry were far cheaper and easier to train than knights, and potentially there were far more of them. Tactics emerged by which more numerous and more varied infantry played an increasing part in battles ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • Saracen Strongholds AD 630–1050

    The Middle East and Central Asia

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 76 - Fortress
    The Islamic world drew upon a myriad of pre-existing styles of fortification, taking Romano-Byzantine, Indian and Chinese ideas to create a highly effective and sophisticated hybrid fortification that was both new and distinctive.This book examines early Saracen fortifications, covering their historical background, socio-political circumstances, and their role in protecting industry, trade and the ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The Italian Invasion of Abyssinia 1935–36

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    In October 1935 Mussolini ordered the invasion of Ethiopia from Italian-held Eritrea and Somaliland, thinking that he would easily crush an ill-prepared and badly equipped enemy.The Italians, in the face of widespread condemnation from the League of Nations, spread terror and destruction through their indiscriminate use of air power and poison gas against an enemy more used to medieval methods of ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Forces of the Hanseatic League

    13th–15th Centuries

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series series Men-at-Arms
    A commercial and defensive federation of merchant guilds based in harbour towns along the North Sea and Baltic coasts, the Hanseatic League eventually dominated maritime trade in Northern Europe and spread its influence much further afield.The League was formed to protect the economic and political interests of member cities throughout a vast and complex trading network. During its 300 years of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Medieval Indian Armies (1)

    Hindu, Buddhist and Jain

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 545 - Men-at-Arms
    A fully illustrated study exploring the armies of what are now India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal during the period AD 500–1500, as well as Afghanistan until the early 13th century AD.Following the emergence of a distinct 'medieval Indian' civilization in the Late Classical and Early Medieval periods, there was a prolonged struggle between this civilization and that of the eastern ... Read more

    $14.99 USD