The enemy at the gate Habsburgs, Ottomans and the battle for Europe

Summary: The Great Siege of Vienna is the centerpiece for historian Andrew Wheatcroft's richly drawn portrait of the centuries-long rivalry between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires for control of the European continent. A gripping work by a master historian, The Enemy at the Gate offers a timely examination of an epic clash of civilizations.

Record details

ISBN: 9780786744541 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0786744545 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780465013746 (hardcover)
ISBN: 0465013740 (hardcover)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xxv, 339 p., [16] p. of plates) : ill., maps, plans.
Publisher: New York : Basic Books, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally published: London : Bodley Head, 2008.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-326) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Terror in the East -- A call to arms -- Turks and Tartars -- A plague on the land -- Taking the road to war -- The adversaries -- 'Rise up, rise up ye Christians' -- The pit of hell -- 'A flood of black pitch' -- A holy war? -- Storming Buda -- The age of heroes -- Myth displacing history.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.