The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire

Edward N. Luttwak

    • List of Maps
    • Preface

      The Invention of Byzantine Strategy

    1. Attila and the Crisis of Empire
    2. The Emergence of the New Strategy

      3. Byzantine Diplomacy: The Myth and the Methods

    3. Envoys
    4. Religion and Statecraft
    5. The Uses of Imperial Prestige
    6. Dynastic Marriages
    7. The Geography of Power
    8. Bulghars and Bulgarians
    9. The Muslim Arabs and Turks

      10. The Byzantine Art ofWar

    10. The Classical Inheritance
    11. The Strategikon of Maurikios
    12. After the Strategikon
    13. Leo VI and NavalWarfare
    14. The Tenth-Century Military Renaissance
    15. Strategic Maneuver: Herakleios Defeats Persia
    • Conclusion: Grand Strategy and the Byzantine “Operational Code”
    • Appendix: Was Strategy Feasible in Byzantine Times?
    • Emperors from Constantine I to Constantine XI
    • Glossary
    • Notes
    • Works Cited
    • Index
  • Cover: The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
  • A photo of the author

Edward N. Luttwak is a Senior Associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.