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

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

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-326) and index

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non fiction

Main title

The enemy at the gate

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bibliography

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318924099

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Andrew Wheatcroft

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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

Table Of Contents

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

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Habsburgs, Ottomans and the battle for Europe

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