The generalship of Muhammad : battles and campaigns of the Prophet of Allah / Russ Rodgers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rodgers, Russ.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military history, Ancient.

Muḥammad, Prophet, -632--Military leadership.

Muḥammad.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

There are many biographies of the Prophet, and they tend to fall into three categories: pious works that emphasize the virtues of the early Islamic community, general works for non-Muslim or non-specialist readers, and source-critical works that grapple with historiographical problems inherent in early Islamic history. In The Generalship of Muhammad, Russ Rodgers charts a new path by merging original sources with the latest in military theory to examine Muhammad's military strengths and weaknesses. Incorporating military, political, and economic analyses, Rodgers focuses

Contents:

Revolution

The insurgency grows

The road to badr

From elation to despair

From the mountain to the trench

The surge

Triumph

The generalship of Muhammad, the Prophet of Allah.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-4284-4

0-8130-4310-7

0-8130-4271-2

OCLC:

797916550