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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

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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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  • 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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  • 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

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • 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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  • The Crusades

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series series Guide to...
    Born amid immense suffering and bloodshed, the Kingdom of Jerusalem remained a battlefield for almost 200 years.The Crusades gave rise to the Military Orders of the Templars and Hospitallers, and were a backdrop to the careers of some of history's most famous leaders including Richard 'The Lionheart' and Saladin. On occasion the savagery of the Crusaders left their opponents reeling, creating ... Read more

    $10.59 USD

  • 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

    $87.99 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

    $13.59 USD

  • The Great Islamic Conquests AD 632–750

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 71 - Essential Histories
    Few centuries in world history have had such a profound and long-lasting impact as the first hundred years of Islamic history.In this book, David Nicolle examines the extensive Islamic conquests between AD 632 and 750. These years saw the religion and culture of Islam erupt from the Arabian Peninsula and spread across an area far larger than that of the Roman Empire. The effects of this rapid ... Read more

    $15.79 USD

  • The Conquest of Saxony AD 782–785

    Charlemagne's defeat of Widukind of Westphalia

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 271 - Campaign
    A detailed account of the key years that saw Charlemagne take personal command and finally subjugate the Saxons - one of the most epic campaigns of his long reign.Charlemagne's conquest of the Saxons was the hardest fought and most protracted of his wars; it involved 18 campaigns spread across 33 years, a great deal of lower-level fighting and the harshest final peace settlement that Charlemagne ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Armies of Ivan the Terrible

    Russian Troops 1505–1700

    by Dr David Nicolle, Viacheslav Shpakovsky ...
    Series Book 427 - Men-at-Arms
    An insightful exploration of Russian military forces through the 16th and 17th centuries, accompanied by accurate, detailed illustrations.It is generally assumed that the military reforms which propelled Russia into the modern world were due solely to the genius of Peter the Great. In fact, his reforms were built upon changes that had taken place during the previous 200 years, since the creation ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

  • Armies of the Muslim Conquest

    by Dr David Nicolle ...
    Series Book 255 - Men-at-Arms
    A fully-illustrated history of Muslim Arabs in the 7th century AD, including the formation of the Umayyad Caliphate, and the Abbasid Revolution.The dramatic eruption of the Arab peoples from Arabia after their adoption of the Muslim faith in the 7th century remains one of the most extraordinary events in world history. By the end of that century they ruled a state that stretched from the Atlantic ... Read more

    $13.99 USD