Several new books have appeared recently on medieval Islamic warfare which might be of interest.

John W. Jandora, The March from Medina: a Revisionist Study of the Arab Conquests. (Clifton NJ: Wngston Press, 1990) ISBN 0-940670-33-X, contains an interpretation that the Arab armies were much more regular than has previously been thought, and that infantry played a significant role in the conquests. It includes a chapter on pre-Islamic Arab warfare.

John H. Pryor. Geography, Technology, and War. Studies in the Maritirne History of the Mediterranean, 649-1571, (Cambridge UP, 1988) is just out in an affordable ($16.95) paperback, ISBN 0-521-42892-0. It deals with medieval Mediterranean ships, shipping. and naval warfare. by probably the world's leading expert on the subject.

Peter Thorau, The Lion of Egypt: Sultan Baybars I and the Near East in the Thirteenth Century, (New York: Longman. 1992). ISBN 0-582-06823-1. is a translation of a German political biography of Baybars. It is filled with military details with full references to all primary and secondary sources. It is superb.

B. Z. Kedar, The Horns of Hattin. (London. Variorum, 1992). ISBN 086078-334-0, provides papers given at a conference in Jerusalem on the eight hundredth anniversary of the battle of Hattin. Although many of the articles are not of interest to wargamers, it includes articles on the battle of Hattin, castles, Muslim military theory, arms and armor, and logistics.