- List of Maps
- Preface
- I. The Invention of Byzantine Strategy
- 1. Attila and the Crisis of Empire
- 2. The Emergence of the New Strategy
- II. 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
- III. The Byzantine Art of War
- 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 of Names
- General Index
The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine Empire
Product Details
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$30.00 • £26.95 • €27.95
ISBN 9780674062078
Publication Date: 11/30/2011
Awards & Accolades
- Honorable Mention, 2009 PROSE Award for Classics & Ancient History, Association of American Publishers
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