Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Maps (1-5)
Preface: Scope and purpose of work
Acknowledgments
1. General political framework: the evolving context
2. Material constraints on Ottoman warfare: the immutable context
3. Military manpower and military spending: an attempt at realistic assessment
4. Troop movement and army transport
5. Provisioning the army
6. Ottoman methods of warfare: experience, competence and adherence to standard norms of contemporary military practice
7. Motivational and psychological aspects of Ottoman warfare
8. The aftereffects of Ottoman warfare: a review of the essential elements of Ottoman pragmatism in the military sphere
9. Conclusion--war and social transformation in the Ottoman empire
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

RHOADS MURPHEY is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Byzantine, Ottoman and Modern Greek Studies, University of Birmingham. He is the author of several books on the Ottomans, including Regional Structure in the Ottoman Economy.