{"product_id":"crusader-warfare-volume-ii-david-nicolle-9781847251466","title":"Crusader Warfare Volume II","description":"This second volume of \"Crusader Warfare\" focuses on those non-Christian cultures which were most directly involved in the Crusades.ﾂ Centering on the Islamic world, the Mongol \"World Empire\", its fragmented successor states and certain other non-Christian cultures David Nicolle presents many fascinating aspects of warfare and the historical, cultural and economic background of the Islamic military during a much neglected period.ﾂ ﾂ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn reality the Crusades, and the parallel but separate clash between the Islamic World and the Mongols, resulted from a remarkable variety of political, economic, cultural and religious factors.ﾂ These campaigns involved an extraordinary array of states, ruling dynasties, ethnic, linguistic and cultural groups as well as the fighting forces associated with these disparate participants. \u003cbr\u003eﾂ \u003cbr\u003eMuch current interest in the Crusades reflects the perceived threat of a so-called \"clash of civilisations\" and, while warnings of such a supposed clash in our own times are based upon a misunderstanding of the natures of both \"Western\" and \"Islamic\" civilisations, certain commentators have looked to the medieval Crusades as an earlier example of such a clash.ﾂ Some have even interpreted the \"third force\" of the Mongols as somehow prefiguring the role of China, Japan or the Far East as a whole in the today's world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Nicolle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847251463\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847251466\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.73lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.33h x 6.37w x 1.49d","brand":"David Nicolle","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43938957656319,"sku":"9781847251466","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c558feaa-cca1-4036-9d68-c9a38f62546b.jpg?v=1681438668","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crusader-warfare-volume-ii-david-nicolle-9781847251466","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}