Author: Bruce Allen Watson
Publisher: Stackpole Books
ISBN: 1461751624
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Provocative and entertaining study of sieges in history Commentary on the nature and evolution of combat across the centuries Bruce Allen Watson examines seven sieges: Jerusalem at the end of the First Crusade in 1099, Malta in 1565, Sebastopol during the Crimean War, Kut-al-Amara in World War I, Singapore in World War II, Dien Bien Phu, and the 1991 Gulf War.