Book description
Interspersing topical chapters with chronological ones, Guilmartin (history and early modern European history, Ohio State U.) explores how the Mediterranean system of armed conflict at sea operated over the course of the 16th century. Among his findings is that the war galley held it own against the broadside sailing vesselā¦
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The great John Keegan called this āamong the two or three very best works of military history I have ever read,ā and itās easy to see why. An authoritative, deeply researched examination of the Mediterranean system of warfare at sea in the age immediately following the introduction of effective gunpowder weapons, Guilmartinās riveting book takes us deep into the interminable rivalries between Christians and Muslims across the inland sea, revealing the peculiar realitiesātechnological, geopolitical, climatic, culturalāthat shaped the eraās tactics and strategy. This is a book full of fascinating revelations about a largely misunderstood chapter of history.
From Cormac's list on early modern European warfare.
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