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    Cover of Art of War in the Middle Ages

    Art of War in the Middle Ages

    Heike Oman · 2002

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    2recommend
    4mentions
    4people
    2009–2015years
    50% recommend50% neutral

    Mentions per year

    2009201020112012201320142015

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    1. mmorrisJun 2014
      I think the list mr_luc is referencing is in the second answer on this page: http://www.paulgraham.com/raq.html

      EDIT: Here's the whole list, for completeness: Clark, Civilisation White, Medieval Technology and Social Change McEvedy, Penguin Atlases of Ancient and Medieval History Laslett, The World We Have Lost Bernal, The Extension of Man Franklin, Autobiography Girouard, Life in the English Country House Pirenne, Mohammed and Charlemagne Runciman, The Fall of Constantinople Cipolla, Guns, Sails and Empires Hadas, A History of Rome Oman, The Art of War in the Middle Ages Vasari, Lives of the Artists Bovill, The Golden Trade of the Moors Caesar, Gallic Wars Kuhn, The Copernican Revolution

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    2. pgJan 2009
      Along with the Anabasis and Caesar's Gallic Wars, I particularly recommend Johnnie Johnson's Wing Leader, Hanson's Western Way of War, and Oman's Art of War in the Middle Ages.
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    3. abrbhatOct 2015
      The Art of War one looks more like "The Art of War In The Middle Ages" by C.W.C.Oman

      https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89265.The_Art_of_War_in_...

      http://www.amazon.com/Art-War-Middle-Ages/dp/1481954636/ref=...

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    4. samaOct 2015
      This is correct--art of war in the Middle Ages.
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