Special operations in the age of chivalry, 1100-1550 /
"Alongside the familiar pitched battles, regular sieges, and large-scale manoeuvers, medieval and early modern wars also involved assassination, abduction, treason, and sabotage. These undercover operations were aimed chiefly against key individuals, mostly royalty or the leaders of the opposin...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Woodbridge, UK ; Rochester, NY, USA :
Boydell Press,
[2007]
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| Series: | Warfare in history.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed) |
| Summary: | "Alongside the familiar pitched battles, regular sieges, and large-scale manoeuvers, medieval and early modern wars also involved assassination, abduction, treason, and sabotage. These undercover operations were aimed chiefly against key individuals, mostly royalty or the leaders of the opposing army, and against strategic fortified places, including bridges, mills and dams. Because of their clandestine nature, and the consequent scarcity of contemporary records, covert operations have not previously been studied in any detail; this book is the first to survey special operations from the eleventh century to the sixteenth" -- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 224 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps. |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-211) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781846155949 1846155940 |