Fortifications and Siegecraft (eBook)

Defense and Attack through the Ages

Jeremy Black (Autor)

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2018
326 Seiten
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-5381-0969-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Fortifications and Siegecraft explores the global history of fortifications and the threats posed to them by siegecraft. Tracing the interaction of attack and defense over time, Jeremy Black situates the evolution of fortifications within their broader cultural and political context, showing their ongoing importance to military and social interaction across the world today.

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As centers for defense and bases for attack since ancient times, fortifications are a crucial aspect of military history. Indeed, as Jeremy Black shows, the history of fortifications is a global history of humanity itself. Moreover, their remains offer a still potent, often dramatic testimony to the past, notably through the strength of the sites, the power of the works, and the vast resources they required. This compelling book explores not only the history of fortifications themselves, but also the real and potential threat to them posed by siegecraft.Tracing the interaction of attack and defense over time, Black situates the evolution of fortifications within the wider development of governments, societies, and cultures. Moreover, his examination of the future of these installations, as well as of potential methods of destroying them, only reaffirms their omnipresence in human historyand their continued importance. Fortifications are not simply relics of the past, but rather elements fundamental to military and social interaction across the world today.

Autor

Jeremy Black graduated from Cambridge University with a Starred First and did graduate work at Oxford University before teaching at the University of Durham and then at the University of Exeter, where he is professor of history. He has held visiting chairs at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Texas Christian University, and Stillman College. He is a 2018 Templeton Fellow of the Foreign Policy Research Institute. Black received the Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for Military History in 2008. His recent books include Naval Warfare: A Global History since 1860, Insurgency and Counterinsurgency: A Global History, Air Power: A Global History, and Combined Operations: A Global History of Amphibious and Airborne Warfare.

Inhalt

AbbreviationsPrefaceChapter 1: OriginsChapter 2: The Medieval CastleChapter 3: The Sixteenth CenturyChapter 4: The Seventeenth CenturyChapter 5: The Eighteenth CenturyChapter 6: The Nineteenth CenturyChapter 7: The World WarsChapter 8: Since World War TwoChapter 9: ConclusionsNotesSelected Further ReadingCreditsAbout the Author

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 11 Illustrations including: - 8 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 3 Maps.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Europäische / Internationale Politik
• Schlagworte: army campaigns • British Civil War • Bunkers • Cannon • Crusades • cyber security • dark ages • Defence • Defence Strategy • defense strategy • field fortifications • First World War • Fortress • Fortresses • Forts • medieval castle • medieval warfare • Military • military campaigns • Second World War • thirty years war • Thirty Years' War • trench warfare • walled cities • World War I • World War II • World War One • World War Two
• ISBN-10: 1-5381-0969-7 / 1538109697
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5381-0969-4 / 9781538109694