COMMENTARY: Despite what desires remain in Rome for full communion, it is a complete impossibility when the two most ...

Constantinople in War-Time. By H. G. Dwight. April 1913 Issue. Share. Save. I ‘THE hordes of Asia —' That phrase, fished out of what reminiscence I know not, kept running in my head as the ...

The First World War was an unprecedented catastrophe that killed millions and set the continent of Europe on the path to further calamity two decades later. But it didn’t come out of nowhere.

On January 13, 1914, a war council decided that while Russia land forces were ready for war, the Black Sea fleet couldn’t carry out an amphibious assault on Constantinople anytime soon.

Today, August 15, marks the anniversary of Constantinople’s victory over Muslim invaders in what historians commonly call the “Second Siege of Byzantium,” 717–18. Prior to this massive ...

The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West Roger Crowley Hyperion: 304 pp., $25.95 Constantinople's fall and the gate left open - Los Angeles Times ...

1453: The Holy War for Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West Roger Crowley, . . Hyperion, $25.95 (304pp) ISBN 978-1-4013-0191-0 ...