The Devil's Horsemen Author:James Chambers 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... more » 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.« less