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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... Herakleios Defeats Persia 393 Conclusion: Grand Strategy and the Byzantine “Operational Code” 409 Appendix: Was Strategy Feasible in Byzantine Times? 421 Emperors from Constantine I to Constantine XI 423 Glossary 427 Notes 433 Works ...
... Herakleios (610–641) was the boldest of counteroffensives, everything started with vigorous training: [Herakleios] collected his armies and added new contingents to them. He began to train them and instruct them in military needs. He ...
... Herakleios at the start of the seventh century that the distinctive grand strategy of the Byzantine empire was fully formed—just in time to overcome, if only just, the greatest crisis in its existence. The invention of Byzantine ...
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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 |