Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vi
4. List of Rulers vii
5. Map 1 Anatolia and Upper Mesopotamia viii
6. Map 2 Armenian Themes and Principalities ix
7. Introduction 1
8. 1 The ‘Grand Strategy’ of the Byzantine Empire 23
9. 2 Byzantine and Arab Strategies and Campaigning Tactics in Cilicia and Anatolia (Eighth–Tenth Centuries) 52
10. 3 The Empire’s Foreign Policy in the East and the Key Role of Armenia (c. 870–965) 69
11. 4 The Byzantine View of their Enemies on the Battlefield: The Arabs 105
12. 5 Methods of Transmission of (Military) Knowledge (I): Reconnaissance, Intelligence 128
13. 6 Methods of Transmission of (Military) Knowledge (II): Espionage 147
14. 7 Tactical Changes in the Byzantine Armies of the Tenth Century: Theory and Practice on the Battlefields of the East 192
15. 8 Tactical Changes in the Byzantine Armies of the Tenth Century: Investigating the Root Causes 219
16. 9 Byzantine–Arab Battles of the Tenth Century: Evidence of Innovation and Adaptation in the Chronicler Sources 236
17. 10 Tactical Innovation and Adaptation in the Byzantine Army of the Tenth Century: The Study of the Battles 276
18. Summaries and Conclusions 298
19. Primary Bibliography 308
20. Secondary Bibliography 313
21. Index 341