{"product_id":"the-barbarian-invasions-9780803292000","title":"The Barbarian Invasions","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTraces the collapse of the Roman military system and its replacement with barbarian mercenaries by the fourth century, following the invasions by the Germanic peoples. This book offers an examination of the decline of the Germanic-Romanic military system in the Middle Ages and the rise of the feudal system.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Delbrück is internationally regarded as the first modern military historian. \u003ci\u003eHistory of the Art of War\u003c\/i\u003e, considered a classic, is his foundational achievement. Renfroe's translation retains the spirited erudition of the original German and renders it into elegant and readable English. Beyond a doubt a landmark in twentieth-century historical literature.\"—Arden Bucholz, author of \u003ci\u003eHans Delbrück and the German Military Establishment\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This volume affects most deeply . . . our inherited concepts of world history, through its elimination of the legendary ideas on the fall of the ancient world and on the migrations of peoples (Volkerwanderung), as well as its positive contributions, especially those concerning the substantiation of the alliance between Constantine and the Christian Church as postulate of the changed military system and institutions.\"—Hans Delbrück","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405295558999,"sku":"9780803292000","price":31.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803292000.jpg?v=1730489511","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-barbarian-invasions-9780803292000","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}