Siegecraft No Fortress Impregnable

Author : Harold Skaarup
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595275214
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Siegecraft - No Fortress Impregnable written by Harold Skaarup and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-04-06 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that the taking of a fortress depends primarily on the making of a good plan to take it, and the proper implementation and application of the resources to make the plan work. Long before a fortress has been besieged and conquered, it has to have been outthought before it can be outfought. This book outlines some of the more successfully thought out sieges, and demonstrates why it is that no fortress is impregnable. A siege can be described as an assault on an opposing force attempting to defend itself from behind a position of some strength. Whenever the pendulum of technology swings against the "status quo," the defenders of a fortification have usually been compelled to surrender. We must stay ahead of the pendulum, and not be out-thought long before we are out-fought, for, as it will be shown in this book, "no fortress is impregnable."

Author : Kelly DeVries
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004164456
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology written by Kelly DeVries and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2008 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the second update of "A Cumulative Bibliography of Medieval Military History and Technology," which appeared in 2002. It is meant to do two things: to present references to works on medieval military history and technology not included in the first two volumes; and to present references to all books and articles published on medieval military history and technology from 2003 to 2006. These references are divided into the same categories as in the first two volumes and cover a chronological period of the same length, from late antiquity to 1648, again in order to present a more complete picture of influences on and from the Middle Ages. It also continues to cover the same geographical area as the first and second volume, in essence Europe and the Middle East, or, again, influences on and from this area. The languages of these bibliographical references reflect this geography.

Author : Douglas J. Emlen
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805094504
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Weapons written by Douglas J. Emlen and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-11-11 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emlen takes us outside the lab and deep into the forests and jungles where he's been studying animal weapons in nature for years, to explain the processes behind the most intriguing and curious examples of extreme animal weapons. As singular and strange as some of the weapons we encounter on these pages are, we learn that similar factors set their evolution in motion. Emlen uses these patterns to draw parallels to the way we humans develop and employ our own weapons, and have since battle began.

Author : Harold A Skaarup
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781637957332
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Siegecraft written by Harold A Skaarup and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-08 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It has been said that the taking of a fortress depends primarily on the making of a good plan to take it, and the proper implementation and application of the resources to make the plan work. Long before a fortress has been besieged and conquered, it has to have been out-thought before it can be outfought. A siege can be described as an assault on an opposing force attempting to defend itself from behind a position of some strength. Whenever the pendulum of technology swings against the "status quo," the defenders of a fortification have usually been compelled to surrender. This book contains examples of sieges, both successful and unsuccessful, demonstrating that no matter how securely a fortress or defensive position is constructed and defended, eventually a good plan and a determined besieger can overcome it. One way or another, time, willpower and determined effort will be brought together in sufficient quantity and quality to bring a siege or a defense to a successful conclusion. It will be argued through the examples presented in this book that ultimately, "no fortress is impregnable."

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Total Pages : 76 pages
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Author : Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Publisher : Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 208 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Manual of Siegecraft and Fortification written by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban and published by Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1968 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Engelsk oversættelse 1968 ved G.A. Rothrock af Vaubans i 1669 på Krigsminister Louvois opfordring skrevne værk "Mémoire sur la Conduite des Sièges" som første gang tryktes i Leiden 1740 under titlen "Mémoire pour servir d'Instruction dans la Conduite des Siéges et dans la Défense des Places"--Se yderligere under denne udgave.

Author : Hugh Chisholm
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 2000 pages
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 666 pages
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Author : Hannsjoachim Wolfgang Koch
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
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Download or read book Medieval Warfare written by Hannsjoachim Wolfgang Koch and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book] is a comprehensive illustrated history of the way, why, and how war was fought from the fall of the Roman Empire through and including the Renaissance and Protestant Reformation"--Jacket.

Author : Hugh Chisholm
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1998 pages
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Download or read book The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 1998 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: