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The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe

Door Andrew Wheatcroft

Categorie
Geschiedenis Europa
Boeknummer
#407007-XS10
Titel
The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans and the Battle for Europe
Auteur
Wheatcroft, Andrew
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
Johannesburg : Random House
Jaar van uitgave
2009
ISBN10
1844137414
ISBN13
9781844137411
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, illustrations in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting
In 1683, two empires - the Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna - came face to face in the culmination of a 250-year power struggle- the Great Siege of Vienna. Within the city walls the choice of resistance over surrender to the largest army ever assembled by the Turks created an all-or-nothing scenario- every last survivor would be enslaved or ruthlessly slaughtered. The Turks had set their sights on taking Vienna, the city they had long called 'The Golden Apple' since their first siege of the city in 1529. Both sides remained resolute, sustained by hatred of their age-old enemy, certain that their victory would be won by the grace of God. Eastern invaders had always threatened the West- Huns, Mongols, Goths, Visigoths, Vandals and many others. The Western ... (Lees verder)fears of the East were vivid and powerful and, in their new eyes, the Turks always appeared the sole aggressors. Andrew Wheatcroft's extraordinary book shows that this belief is a grievous oversimplification- during the 400 year struggle for domination, the West took the offensive just as often as the East. As modern Turkey seeks to re-orient its relationship with Europe, a new generation of politicians is exploiting the residual fears and tensions between East and West to hamper this change. The Enemy at the Gate provides a timely and masterful account of this most complex and epic of conflicts.
Pagina's
339
Conditie
Goed — Remnants of removed sticker front cover.
Prijs
€ 10,00

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