Jeremy Black

Gebundenes Buch

Fortifications and Siegecraft

Defense and Attack Through the Ages

Beschreibung

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, Black situates fortifications within their broader cultural and political context, showing their ongoing importance to military and social interaction in 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781538109687
• ISBN-10: 1538109689
• Artikelnr.: 49457462