The Crusader Strategy: Defending the Holy Land

“Engagingly written.”—Andrew D Buck, BBC History Magazine

“[A] compelling book.”—Ian Garrick-Mason, Spectator

Shortlisted for the 2020 Duke of Wellington Medal for Military History

Medieval states, and particularly crusader societies, often have been considered brutish and culturally isolated. It seems unlikely that they could develop “strategy” in any meaningful sense. However, the crusaders wer...