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020			_a9781844137411
050			_aCB251 _b.W44 2009
100			_aWheatcroft, Andrew
245			_aThe enemy at the gate : _bHabsburgs, Ottomans and the battle for Europe / _cAndrew Wheatcroft
246			_aHabsburgs, Ottomans and the battle for Europe
260			_aNew York : _bBasic Books, _c2009
300			_axxv, 339 pages, [16] pages of plates : _billustrations, maps, plans ; _c24 cm
500			_aOriginally published: London : Bodley Head, 2008
500			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505			_aTerror in the East -- A call to arms -- Turks and Tartars -- A plague on the land -- Taking the road to war -- The adversaries -- 'Rise up, rise up ye Christians' -- The pit of hell -- 'A flood of black pitch' -- A holy war? -- Storming Buda -- The age of heroes -- Myth displacing history
520			_aThe Great Siege of Vienna is the centerpiece for historian Andrew Wheatcroft's richly drawn portrait of the centuries -long rivalry between the Ottoman and Habsburg empires for control of the European continent. A gripping work by a master historian, The Enemy at the Gate offers a timely examination of an epic clash of civilizations
650			_aEast and West
651			_e Vienna (Austria) _2History _v Siege, _y1683
651			_eTurkey _xForeign relations _zEurope
651			_e Europe _xForeign relations _zTurkey
651			_eEurope _xForeign relations _y1648-1715
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