Chambers James. The Devil's Horsemen. The Mongol Invasion of Europe

London: Book Club Associates, 1979. — 212 p.The Mongols formed one of the finest armies ever known — and when they swept across the Danube on Christmas Day 1241, the west lay at the mercy of these "horsemen from hell." From a wealth of contemporary sources comes the story of these soldiers, and especially of Subedei Bahadur, the illiterate military genius who brought 20th-century warfare to Medieval Europe. A fascinating examination of their tactics and training-good enough to invent strategies that Rommel and Patton would later use to such devastating effect-proves the Mongols were more than mere barbarians: they were martial masterminds of the highest order.Историческое исследование вторжения монголов в Европу в 13-м веке.