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Guarding the frontier : Ottoman border forts and garrisons in Europe / Mark L. Stein.

By: Stein, MarkMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Tauris Academic Studies : In the United States of America and in Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan, 2007. Description: 222 p. : map ; 23 cmISBN: 1845113012; 9781845113018Subject(s): Fortification -- Turkey -- History | Garrisons -- Turkey -- History | Soldiers -- Turkey | Turkey -- BoundariesGenre/Form: HistoryLOC classification: UG430.T9 | S74 2007x
Contents:
1. Frontiers and Ottoman frontiers -- 2. The fortresses -- 3. Garrison troops -- 4. Garrison size -- 5. Frontier administration.
Review: "Drawing on a wide range of Ottoman and Western archival and narrative sources, this book assesses the state of early-modern Ottoman military architecture and siegecraft; the Ottomans' ability to besiege, defend, build, and repair fortifications in the seventeenth century is carefully dissected, as is the relationship between the central and provisional administrations."--Jacket.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-213) and index.

1. Frontiers and Ottoman frontiers -- 2. The fortresses -- 3. Garrison troops -- 4. Garrison size -- 5. Frontier administration.

"Drawing on a wide range of Ottoman and Western archival and narrative sources, this book assesses the state of early-modern Ottoman military architecture and siegecraft; the Ottomans' ability to besiege, defend, build, and repair fortifications in the seventeenth century is carefully dissected, as is the relationship between the central and provisional administrations."--Jacket.