Thomas Smith, "The Fifth Crusade: A History of the Epic Campaign to Conquer Egypt" (Yale UP, 2026)

Thomas Smith walks through the Fifth Crusade's campaign to conquer Egypt — the siege of Damietta, the strategic logic of targeting Egypt's breadbasket, and the roles of the Hungarian and Austrian contingents alongside the military orders. A proper campaign history of one of the less-covered Crusades, with Yale UP pedigree behind it.