THE DEVIL'S HORSEMEN: The Mongol Invasion of Europe

UK: Cassell, 1988. Revised Ediiton 1. Hardcover. Very Good+/New. B&W illustrations. CONDITION: Gently pre-read 1988 Cassell hardcover (blue boards) & dust jacket, revised edition, first printing. Loaded with B&W illustrations and art reproductions. No problems: just pre-read. CONTENT: The Mongols formed one of the finest armies ever known--and when they swept across the Danube on Christmas Day 1241, the west lay at the mercy of these "horsemen from hell." From a wealth of contemporary sources comes the story of these soldiers, and especially of Subedei Bahadur, the illiterate military genius who brought 20th-century warfare to Medieval Europe. A fascinating examination of their tactics and training--good enough to invent strategies that Rommel and Patton would later use to such devastating effect--proves the Mongols were more than mere barbarians: they were martial masterminds of the highest order. "A rare combination. An informative, yet highly readable book about the greatest Army in history, and the greatest general that led it, Sabotai, in the ONLY successful attack on Russia in history. And that's just the opening of the greatest campaign, the Mongol invasion of Eastern Europe." "The world was poised to be Asian dominated in 1240. It all turned on a dime. The power of the Mongol horde was awesome and no one in Europe was able to stop it. Chambers goes into great detail in explaining the chaos that was Europe in the 13th Century and how they were unable to deal with the inevitable doom soon to be visited upon them. Only a fluke event saved Europe from total destruction at the hands of the Mongols.