The Enemy at the Gate: Habsburgs, Ottomans, and the Battle for Europe

by Andrew Wheatcroft

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In 1683, two empires - the Ottoman, based in Constantinople, and the Habsburg dynasty in Vienna - came face to face in the culmination of a 250-year power struggle: the Great Siege of Vienna. Within the city walls the choice of resistance over surrender to the largest army ever assembled by the Turks created an all-or-nothing scenario: every last survivor would be enslaved or ruthlessly slaughtered. Both sides remained resolute, sustained by hatred of their age-old enemy, certain that their victory would be won by the grace of God. Eastern invaders had always threatened the West, but the memory...Read more
  • ISBN10 0786744545
  • ISBN13 9780786744541
  • Publish Date 28 April 2009 (first published 21 August 2008)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Basic Books
  • Format eBook
  • Pages 384
  • Language English