War on the Eve of Nations. Table of Contents

War on the Eve of Nations

Conflicts and Militaries in Eastern Europe, 1450–1500

Table of Contents

• 1. Entering 1500: A Guide to the Book

  • The Layout of conflict. The triple maxim of a military in History
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  • The challenge of historiography and sociology
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  • On names and notions. A reading guide
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  • A post mortem
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  • All Rus'
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  • The count of blood
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  • The eastward axis
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• 2. The Reign Expeditio: Four Decades of the Polish Fighting Eminence, c. 1450–1490

  • The Krasna alarm
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  • Dracula's student
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  • Spiral of warfare
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  • The ascension of the tabor
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  • The dead and survivors
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  • The lizard of Konitz
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  • Bidding for Wilkomierz
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  • Tannenberg redressed
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  • The Oboz paramount
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  • The iron nut cracked
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  • Et in Bohemia ego
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  • The black siege
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  • A combat beauty awakened
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  • Twilight of fighting
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• 3. Lithuania's Sequel: A Breakdown and Consolidation of the Lithuanian Military, c. 1450–1485

  • Rus' insidious
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  • The conference of Lutsk
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  • The Civil War feigned
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  • An oligarchy next
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  • A top lapse
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  • The steppes' star
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  • Defence alternatives
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  • Force of three
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  • A Crimean tartar
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  • The coming of Wil
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  • The Kievan crossbreeds
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  • The Volhynian transplant and Severa emigre
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• 4. A Blind Visionary: Moscow's Search for Superior Warfare, c. 1450–1480

  • A yoke-style
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  • Praying to the enemy's God
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  • The fourth capital
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  • The maxima of 1446
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  • A spear and an arrow
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  • The republic amok
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  • A bear neither dumb nor numb
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  • Moscow's river-borne campaigns
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  • Novgorod explored
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  • The edge of Bereg
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  • Grandes battagliones of Moscow: First echelon
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  • Novgorod blood-sucked
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  • The prince and subterfuge
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  • The khan of Doomsday
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• 5. A Carousel of Forces: the Interplay of Moscow, Novgorod and Kazan Warfare, c. 1480–1490

  • The ideals of Moscow and Co
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  • Novgorod converted
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  • Tver absorbed
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  • Kazan's portfolio
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  • The khanate anticlockwise
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  • Grandes battagliones of Moscow: Second echelon
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  • On steel and breed
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• 6. The Operational Theatre: Approaching the Partition of Eastern Europe, c. 1485–1500

  • Lithuania galvanised
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  • Buffer wars
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  • The Cossackdom authored
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  • Vyazma's sabotage
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  • A wound of Wisniowec
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  • The thunder of Vyborg
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  • Ivangorod amphibious
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  • Jagellonian thorns
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  • Arrogant strategists and humble tactician
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  • Bali's seasons
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  • The Crimea's transcontinental
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• 7. Inside 1500: The Campaign of Eastern Europe's Partition

  • Reason reversed
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  • The meleé of heirs
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  • Severa's rift
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  • A corps from oblivion
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  • A knot of stratagems
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  • Looking for an engagement
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  • Vedrosha's protocol
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• 8. A Pot for Two Heads: Conclusions and Explanations

  • Eastern Europe well-done
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  • The application of forces against the guns and numbers
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  • Tailoring warfare
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  • Turning to professionals
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  • Gaining the mass
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  • Warfare à la Carte
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  • Social-military relations reversed
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  • Ad hominem
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• Appendix: The Action Schedule of Eastern Europe, c. 1450–1500

• Bibliography

• Index of Persons

• Index of Notions

• Geographical Index

• About the Author