Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550 Harari Yuval Noah
Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550 Harari Yuval Noah The author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at covert operations and assassination…
Specifikacia Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550 Harari Yuval Noah
Special Operations in the Age of Chivalry, 1100-1550 Harari Yuval Noah
The author of the international bestseller Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind looks at covert operations and assassination plots in the medieval period, matching anything to be found in our own era.Alongside the familiar pitched battles, regular sieges, and large-scale manoeuvres, medieval and early modern wars also involved assassination, abduction, treason and sabotage. However, because of their clandestine nature, these deeds of derring-do have not been studied in any detail, a major gap which this book fills. These undercover operations were aimed chiefly against key individuals, mostly royalty or the leaders of the opposing army, and against key fortified places, including bridges, mills and dams.
It then analyzes in greater depth six select and exciting operations: the betrayal of It surveys a wide variety of special operations, from the eleventh to the sixteenth century.