A History of the Art of War in the Sixteenth Century (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) - Softcover

Oman, Charles; Oman, Sir Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853673846 ISBN 13: 9781853673849

Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal, 1999

Synopsis

3 drawings, 9 plates, 27 maps, 5 x 8 The best account of sixteenth-century warfare
By the author of A History of the Peninsular War
This is an unrivalled account of sixteenth-century warfare, in which Sir Charles Oman covers the Great Wars of 14941559; Henry VIIIs continental wars; the French Wars of Religion, 156298; the Dutch war of independence, 15681603; and the Turkish offensive against Christendom.

Contemporary maps illustrate many of the actions, and add to the value of this brilliant and lucid history of the art of war.

Sir Charles Omans other books include the two-volume History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages, the seven-volume A History of the Peninsular War and others (see the 1999 Annual Backlist catalog).

About this edition

• Publisher: Greenhill Books/Lionel Leventhal
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1853673846
• ISBN 13: 9781853673849
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 784