The Grand Strategy of the Byzantine EmpireIn this book, the distinguished writer Edward N. Luttwak presents the grand strategy of the eastern Roman empire we know as Byzantine, which lasted more than twice as long as the more familiar western Roman empire, eight hundred years by the shortest definition. This extraordinary endurance is all the more remarkable because the Byzantine empire was favored neither by geography nor by military preponderance. Yet it was the western empire that dissolved during the fifth century. |
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... Constantinople 68 The empire at the accession and death of Justinian, 527–565 82 5. The empire in 1025 at the death of Basil II 194 6. The Muslim offensives, 662–740 200 7. The empire in 668, after the Slav, Lombard, and Muslim ...
... Constantinople in the name of the Fourth Crusade in 1204, to then revive once more in much-diminished form until the final Ottoman victory of 1453. Sheer military strength was enough to provide ample security for the Roman empire when ...
... Constantinople along the steppe corridor that runs north of the Black Sea.10 Sometimes the empire's military strength was abundant enough to allow it to mount major offensives that conquered vast tracts of territory; then diplomacy was ...
... Constantinople came under attack from the sea or by land, or both at once. But time after time, allies were successfully recruited to attack the attackers, allowing the imperial forces to regain their balance, gather strength, and go ...
... Constantinople in 860, when little was known of this very new state, and nothing was known of its Viking tactics. Such rare exceptions aside, raids will happen and will succeed but cannot do much damage because the forces involved must ...
Contents
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The Myth and the Methods
| 95 |
III The Byzantine Art of War
| 235 |
Grand Strategy and the Byzantine Operational Code
| 409 |
Was Strategy Feasible in Byzantine Times? | 421 |
Emperors from Constantine I to Constantine XI
| 423 |
Glossary
| 427 |
Notes
| 433 |
Works Cited
| 473 |
Index of Names
| 491 |
General Index
| 495 |