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Forts
An Illustrated History of Building for Defence
Buch von The National Archives (u. a.)
Sprache: Englisch

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Beschreibung
Ever since humans began to live together in settlements they have felt the need to organise some kind of defence against potentially hostile neighbours. Many of the earliest city states were built as walled towns, and during the medieval era, stone castles were built both as symbols of the defenders' strength and as protection against potential attack. The advent of cannon prompted fortifications to become lower, denser and more complex, and the forts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries could appear like snowflakes in their complexity and beautiful geometry. Without forts, the history of America could have taken a very different course, pirates could have sailed the seas unchecked, and Britain itself could have been successfully invaded.

This book explains the history of human fortifications, and is beautifully illustrated using photographs, plans, drawings and maps to explain why they were built, their various functions and their immense historical legacy in laying the foundations of empire.
Ever since humans began to live together in settlements they have felt the need to organise some kind of defence against potentially hostile neighbours. Many of the earliest city states were built as walled towns, and during the medieval era, stone castles were built both as symbols of the defenders' strength and as protection against potential attack. The advent of cannon prompted fortifications to become lower, denser and more complex, and the forts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries could appear like snowflakes in their complexity and beautiful geometry. Without forts, the history of America could have taken a very different course, pirates could have sailed the seas unchecked, and Britain itself could have been successfully invaded.

This book explains the history of human fortifications, and is beautifully illustrated using photographs, plans, drawings and maps to explain why they were built, their various functions and their immense historical legacy in laying the foundations of empire.
Über den Autor
Jeremy Black, internationally known military historian and Professor of History at the University of Exeter, is the author of The Cold War: A Military History, Rethinking World War Two: The Conflict and its Legacy, Metropolis, Maps of War and Mapping Naval Warfare among many others. He is also a keen writer on maps and their history. This book brings together his two main interests. He lives in Exeter, UK.
Zusammenfassung
It shows how the design of fortifications adapted to the changing technology of war.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Origins
The medieval castle
The sixteenth century
The seventeenth century
The eighteenth century
The nineteenth century
The twentieth century

Index
Image credits

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781472827630
ISBN-10: 1472827635
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: The National Archives
Black, Jeremy
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Maße: 287 x 286 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: The National Archives (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.09.2018
Gewicht: 1,636 kg
Artikel-ID: 111229282
Über den Autor
Jeremy Black, internationally known military historian and Professor of History at the University of Exeter, is the author of The Cold War: A Military History, Rethinking World War Two: The Conflict and its Legacy, Metropolis, Maps of War and Mapping Naval Warfare among many others. He is also a keen writer on maps and their history. This book brings together his two main interests. He lives in Exeter, UK.
Zusammenfassung
It shows how the design of fortifications adapted to the changing technology of war.
Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Origins
The medieval castle
The sixteenth century
The seventeenth century
The eighteenth century
The nineteenth century
The twentieth century

Index
Image credits

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Gebunden
ISBN-13: 9781472827630
ISBN-10: 1472827635
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: The National Archives
Black, Jeremy
Hersteller: Bloomsbury USA
Maße: 287 x 286 x 27 mm
Von/Mit: The National Archives (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 18.09.2018
Gewicht: 1,636 kg
Artikel-ID: 111229282
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