Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Rulers
- Map 1 Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia
- Map 2 Armenian Themes and Pri ncipalities
- Introduction
- 1 The ‘Grand Strategy’ of the Byzantine Empire
- 2 Byzantine and Arab Strategies and Campaigning Tactics in Cilicia and Anatolia (Eighth–Tenth Centuries)
- 3 The Empire’s Foreign Policy in the East and the Key Role of Armenia (c. 870–965)
- 4 The Byzantine View of their Enemies on the Battlefield: The Arabs
- 5 Methods of Transmission of (Military) Knowledge (I): Reconnaissance, Intelligence
- 6 Methods of Transmission of (Military) Knowledge (II): Espionage
- 7 Tactical Changes in the Byzantine Armies of the Tenth Century: Theory and Practice on the Battlefields of the East
- 8 Tactical Changes in the Byzantine Armies of the Tenth Century: Investigating the Root Causes
- 9 Byzantine–Arab Battles of the Tenth Century: Evidence of Innovation and Adaptation in the Chronicler Sources
- 10 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
Acknowledgements
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 24 April 2021
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Rulers
- Map 1 Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia
- Map 2 Armenian Themes and Pri ncipalities
- Introduction
- 1 The ‘Grand Strategy’ of the Byzantine Empire
- 2 Byzantine and Arab Strategies and Campaigning Tactics in Cilicia and Anatolia (Eighth–Tenth Centuries)
- 3 The Empire’s Foreign Policy in the East and the Key Role of Armenia (c. 870–965)
- 4 The Byzantine View of their Enemies on the Battlefield: The Arabs
- 5 Methods of Transmission of (Military) Knowledge (I): Reconnaissance, Intelligence
- 6 Methods of Transmission of (Military) Knowledge (II): Espionage
- 7 Tactical Changes in the Byzantine Armies of the Tenth Century: Theory and Practice on the Battlefields of the East
- 8 Tactical Changes in the Byzantine Armies of the Tenth Century: Investigating the Root Causes
- 9 Byzantine–Arab Battles of the Tenth Century: Evidence of Innovation and Adaptation in the Chronicler Sources
- 10 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
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- Byzantine Military Tactics in Syria and Mesopotamia in the Tenth CenturyA Comparative Study, pp. viPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2018