Hattin: Great Battles Series-哈丁战役：伟大的战斗系列

作者：John France

书名：Hattin: Great Battles Series《哈丁战役：伟大的战斗系列》 

中文简介：哈丁战役（Battle of Hattin）是第三次十字军东征，在1187年7月4日星期六巴勒斯坦北部发生的一场大会战。伊斯兰军司令阿尤布苏丹萨拉丁大胜十字军，俘虏耶路撒冷王居伊、其兄阿马里克、安条克名将沙蒂永的雷纳德、圣殿骑士团团长杰拉德·迪·雷德福，以及为数众多的十字军贵族将领；阿克大主教战死。基督军作战携带的圣物真十字架落入穆斯林手里。
 
英文简介：On July 4, 1187 the legendary Muslim leader Saladin destroyed the Crusader army of the Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem with a terrible slaughter at the battle of Hattin - and subsequently restored the Holy City of Jerusalem to Islamic rule. 

The carnage at Hattin was the culmination of almost a century of religious wars between Christians and Muslims in the Holy Land. It had enormous consequences for the whole medieval world because it produced an intensification of holy war between Islam and Europe for over another century and, in retrospect, marked the beginning of the end for the Crusader presence in the Middle East. 

In the 20th century, memory of the battle was revived as a symbol of Arab hope for liberation from Crusader Imperialism and in the 21st, it has become a rallying cry for radical Muslim fundamentalists in their struggle for the soul of Islam.

In this new volume in the Great Battles series, John France analyzes the origins and course of this pivotal battle, illuminating the roots of the bitter hatred that underlay it and explains its significance in world history - from medieval times to the present.