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By: John Pohl

ISBN: 9781472804198
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Apr 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Most studies of medieval warfare in the late 14th and 15th centuries focus on the Hundred Years' War between England and France and the Wars of the Roses. This book depicts fighting men whose skill and tactical flexibility made Spain into a world power at the close of the Middle Ages, carving out empires from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean.


(Paperback)

By: John Pohl

ISBN: 9781841761480
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Jun 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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A study of the warrior in Aztec society in a time of contrast between civilization and sacrifice, sanctity and savagery. It includes the story of the homicidal Cuachique, the Aztec "berserkers" whose sole role was to hunt the enemy down mercilessly.


(Paperback)

By: John Pohl

ISBN: 9781855321595
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 1991
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Details the army of Mexico from the collapse of the Classic centres in around 850AD until the arrival of the Spanish armies around 1520, including the Aztecs, Toltecs and their enemies. The book examines the emergence of the new Mexican nation called the Aztec Empire of the Triple Alliance.


(Paperback)

By: John Pohl

ISBN: 9781841761756
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Nov 2001
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This volume explodes the myth of the Conquest of Mexico by examining what factors led to the emergence of the Spanish citizen-soldier. It discusses Cortes and his highly-trained men, as well as their finely-tuned killing methods, and offers a "soldier's eye view" of the Conquest.