@article{1380190,
      recid = {1380190},
      author = {Hosler, John D.,},
      title = {The siege of Acre, 1189-1191 : Saladin, Richard the  Lionheart, and the battle that decided the Third Crusade /},
      pages = {1 online resource (xvi, 254 pages) :},
      abstract = {The first comprehensive history of the most decisive  military campaign of the Third Crusade and one of the  longest wartime sieges of the Middle Ages The two-year-long  siege of Acre (1189-1191) was the most significant military  engagement of the Third Crusade, attracting armies from  across Europe, Syria, Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Maghreb.  Drawing on a balanced selection of Christian and Muslim  sources, historian John D. Hosler has written the first  book-length account of this hard-won victory for the  Crusaders, when England's Richard the Lionheart and King  Philip Augustus of France joined forces to defeat the  Egyptian Sultan Saladin. Hosler's lively and engrossing  narrative integrates military, political, and religious  themes and developments, offers new perspectives on the  generals, and provides a full analysis of the tactical,  strategic, organizational, and technological aspects on  both sides of the conflict. It is the epic story of a  monumental confrontation that was the centerpiece of a Holy  War in which many thousands fought and died in the name of  Christ or Allah.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1380190},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300235357},
}