The Vauban Fortifications Of France

Author : Paddy Griffith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472800230
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vauban Fortifications of France written by Paddy Griffith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vauban was the foremost military engineer of France, not only during his lifetime, but also throughout the 18th century when his legacy and methods remained in place almost unchanged. Indeed, his expertise and experience in the construction, defence, and attack of fortresses is unrivalled by any of his contemporaries, of any nationality. In all three of those fields he was a significant innovator and prolific exponent, having planned approximately 160 major defensive projects and directed over 50 sieges. This book provides not only a modern listing of his varied interventions and their fates, but also a wide-ranging discussion of just how and why they pushed forward the international boundaries of the arts of fortification.

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786456981
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vauban and the French Military Under Louis XIV written by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A man of inventiveness, versatility and reformist ideas, Marshal Sebastien Le Preste de Vauban built a formidable ring of fortresses to protect France's national frontiers. More than just a fortification designer, Vauban was also a gifted economist, author, and political strategist. This book tells the complete story of Vauban's exceptional career, placing him within the framework of Louis XIV's reign and revealing his lasting influences in France and other nations. With the aid of numerous detailed drawings, 17th century bastioned fortification, artillery, and seige warfare are described in detail. Vauban's fortifications that are still standing today are particularly highlighted.

Author : Paddy Griffith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849080410
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Vauban Fortifications of France written by Paddy Griffith and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vauban was the foremost military engineer of France, not only during his lifetime, but also throughout the 18th century when his legacy and methods remained in place almost unchanged. Indeed, his expertise and experience in the construction, defence, and attack of fortresses is unrivalled by any of his contemporaries, of any nationality. In all three of those fields he was a significant innovator and prolific exponent, having planned approximately 160 major defensive projects and directed over 50 sieges. This book provides not only a modern listing of his varied interventions and their fates, but also a wide-ranging discussion of just how and why they pushed forward the international boundaries of the arts of fortification.

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786458070
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book French Fortifications, 1715-1815 written by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-12-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book describes and illustrates French fortifications from 1715 (the death of Louis XIV) to 1815 (the fall of Napoleon), focusing particularly on the Napoleonic era. After an historical background, it covers the heritage of the Ancien Regime with the important contributions of Vauban (the bastioned defense), Gribeauval's reforms in artillery, and Montalembert's innovations. Chapters explore the style of Napoleonic fortifications, siege warfare, artillery and engineering corps, as well as the Napoleonic achievements in France, Italy, German and the Netherlands, including projects that were planned but never completed.

Author : Jānis Langins
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262122580
Total Pages : 562 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Conserving the Enlightenment written by Jānis Langins and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 562 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of French military engineers at a crucial point in the evolution of modern engineering.

Author : Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786458291
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Fortifications of Paris written by Jean-Denis G.G. Lepage and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a strategically located seat of European power, Paris was a prized target for invaders. Consequently, it was one of the world’s most heavily fortified cities. Though many of the fortifications have been demolished, or hidden, they have left their imprint on the city, both physically and historically. To understand the history of Paris—and indeed, of France as a whole—one must understand the history of the fortifications. This heavily illustrated history begins with the period 300 B.C. to A.D. 987. Part II looks at the Medieval era (987–1512), a growth period for the city. Bastioned fortifications (1512–1874) are the focus of Part III, covering the era in which Paris modernized its defenses. Modern fortifications (1874–1944) are detailed in Part IV, ranging from the building of the second Parisian ring of polygonal forts to the end of World War II.

Author : Daniel Halévy
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Vauban, Builder of Fortresses written by Daniel Halévy and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
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Download or read book The New Method of Fortification, as Practised by Monsieur de Vauban ... with an Explication of All Terms Appertaining to that Art: Made English. [A Translation by Abel Swall of “Manière de Fortifier de Mr. de Vauban,” by the Chevalier de Cambray. With Plates.] written by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban and published by . This book was released on 1691 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Christopher Duffy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317408586
Total Pages : 566 pages
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Download or read book The Fortress in the Age of Vauban and Frederick the Great 1660-1789 written by Christopher Duffy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The later seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have been acclaimed as the classic period of artillery fortification. This was an era when fortresses and fortress systems shaped the calculations of strategists and statesmen, and often dictated the course of campaigns. The age was one of almost constant conflict and this book, originally published in 1985, explores the influence of the fortress in the dynastic wars of Bourbon, Habsburg and Hohenzollern, the contest for influence in the Baltic, the last crusades of the West against the Turks, and in the peculiar conditions of colonial campaigning and the War of the American Independence.

Author : René Chartrand
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472803183
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Forts of New France in Northeast America 1600–1763 written by René Chartrand and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-03-20 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'New France' consisted of the area colonized and ruled by France in North America. This title takes a look at the lengthy chain of forts built by the French to guard the frontier in the American northeast, including Sorel, Chambly, St Jean, Carillon (Ticonderoga), Duquesne (Pittsburgh, PA), and Vincennes. These forts were of two types: the major stone forts, and other forts made of wood and earth, all of which varied widely in style from Vauban-type elements to cabins surrounded by a stockade. Some forts, such as Chambly, looked more like medieval castles in their earliest incarnations. René Chartrand examines the different types of forts built by the French, describing the strategic vision that led to their construction, their impact upon the British colonies and the Indian nations of the interior, and the French military technology that went into their construction.