The Fall of The Medieval Kingdom of Hungary: Mohacs 1526 - Buda 1541

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• Cover Page
• Preface to the Series
  • About This Book
  • Preface to the American Edition
  • Preface to the Hungarian Edition (1977)
• PART I
  STRUCTURE AND DYNAMICSOF THE HUNGARIAN-TURKISH WARS
  • CHAPTER I
    METHODOLOGY
    • The Model of War
    • Rationality of Ottoman Politics
      • The Ottoman Leadership and Intelligence
      • Economic Strategy
      • Ottoman Diplomacy
  • CHAPTER II
    THE MILITARY POWER OF THE OTTOMANSTATE IN THE 1520s
    • The Makeup and Resources of the State
    • The Strength of the Ottoman Army in 1526
      • Estimates in the Sources and Studies: the Supply Side
      • Calculation from the 1526 Column of March
    • Mobilization and Aufmarsch
    • Provisions and Transport of Foodstuff
    • Strategy
      • First Phase: from 1356 to 1453.
      • Second Phase: from 1463 to 1521
      • Third Phase: from the Capture of Belgrade e to the Peace of Adrianople, 1521-1568.
    • Tactics
  • CHAPTER III
    HUNGARYS MILITARY POTENTIAL IN THE JAGELLONIAN PERIOD
    • The Economic Background
    • The Army
    • Supreme Command and Strategy
    • Branches of Service, Tactics, and Morale
    • Domestic Affairs and Government
  • CHAPTER IV
    SULEYMAN'S PROPOSAL:AN OUTLINE OF OTTOMAN AND HUNGARIAN POLICIES BETWEEN 1520 AND 1541
    • Historiography
    • Suleymans Peace Offer of 1520 and His Attack in 1521
    • Suleymans Second Peace Offer, Its Rejection, and the "Punitive Expedition of 1526
    • The Apparent Realization of Suleymans Concept in 1529
    • Events From Late 1529 to 1538
    • The Peace of Nagyvarad
    • The Death of King John
    • The Fall of Buda and the Withdrawal of "Suleymans Proposal
    • Conclusion
• PART II
  THE BATTLE OF MOHACS
  • CHAPTER V
    OBJECTIVES AND PLANS OF THE TWO SIDES
    • Sources
    • Military Planning.The Question of River Defense in Southern Hungary
    • Timing and Planning
    • Plans for an Advance into the Balkans
  • CHAPTER VI
    PREPARATIONS ON THE HUNGARIAN SIDE.OTTOMAN ADVANCE
    • Hungarian Reconnaissance and Assessment of Ottoman Intentions
    • Peace Plans, the Financial Situation, and Preparations
    • The Ottoman Armies March Across the Balkans
  • CHAPTER VII
    OPERATIONS UP TO THE BATTLE
    • The Fall of Petervarad and Ujlak.The Ottoman Army Reaches the Drava
    • Where to Fight the Battle? Conflict between Court and Notability
    • Strength of the Hungarian Forces on the Eve of the Battle
  • CHAPTER VIII
    THE HUNGARIAN BATTLE PLAN AND THEDEPLOYMENT OF THE OTTOMAN FORCES
    • The Battlefield at Mohacs
    • Difficulties of the Ottoman Deployment
    • The Deployment of the Hungarian Army
    • The Advance of the Ottoman Army to the Battlefield. Disorientation of the Supreme Command
    • The First Hungarian Attack. Tomoris Battle Plan: A Reconstruction
  • CHAPTER IX
    THE BATTLE
    • The First Phase
    • The Second Phase and Conclusion
  • CHAPTER X
    END OF THE 1526 CAMPAIGN
    • Ottoman Advance to Buda
    • The Ottomans Leave the Country
    • The Death of Louis II
    • Mohacs from the Ottoman Point of View: Triumph or Failure?
  • GLOSSARY
  • GLOSSARY OF PERSONS
  • REFERENCES
• Endnotes

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The Fall of The Medieval Kingdom of Hungary: Mohacs 1526 - Buda 1541