Finkel Caroline. The Administration of Warfare: The Ottoman Military Campaigns in Hungary, 1593-1606

VWGÖ, 1988. — 372 p.This book examines the military administration of the Ottoman army during the series of military campaigns which were conducted annually against the Habsburgs in Hungary between 1593 and 1606. In 1526 the Ottoman army under Suleyman the Magnificent beat the Hungarian army at the battle of Mohacs, resulting in a power struggle between the Ottomans and the Hapsburgs in Hungary. Between 1541 and 1566 the Ottomans established full control over the central part of the country through measures which included the taxation of the inhabitants and the garrisoning of strongholds. A peace treaty between Ottoman and Hapsburg was concluded in 1568, and a state of official peace existed until the renewed outbreak of war in 1593; after the treaty of Zsitvatorok in 1606, peace was again maintained until the 1660s. The introduction is followed by a short chapter outlining the events of the Ottoman presence in Hungary between 1526 and 1606; the main body of the study discusses how the Ottomans mobilised an army to fight on the northwest border of the Empire, kept this army fed, and attempted to ensure that sufficient money was available to fund it.