Defending the Crusader Kingdoms: crusader strategy

This blog is dedicated to discussing the Crusader Kingdoms of Jerusalem and Cyprus. Dr. Schrader holds a PhD in History from the University of Hamburg. For more information visit: http://defenderofjerusalem.com or http://crusaderkingdoms.com

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Friday, October 27, 2017

Madman or Hero? A Closer Look at Reynald de Châtillon

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Reynald de Châtillon is often portrayed in history and historical fiction as a “rogue baron” — a violent, self-interested man who brok...

Friday, June 3, 2016

Jerusalem Fights Back

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In early June 1189, the survivors of the catastrophe at Hattin — with the architect of that disaster conspicuously absent — took to t...

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Saturday, April 9, 2016

"Crusading Warfare 1097-1193" by R. C. Smail

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Although first published sixty years ago, this is still a valuable book for those interested in the crusades and the crusader sta...

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Helena P. Schrader: Helena P. Schrader is a former U.S. diplomat, who earned her PhD in Modern History from the University of Hamburg. She spent roughly one-third of her life in Berlin and first explored the pivotal events of the Berlin Crisis 1948-1949 in her comprehensive non-fiction study The Blockade Breakers: The Berlin Airlift. Schrader is the author of twenty novels, twelve of which have earned one or more literary awards. Three of her books have also attained "best-seller" status on amazon, including #1 Best Seller in the categories Aviation History and Wartime Fiction.

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