Sieges : from the Siege of Jerusalem to the Gulf War.
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| Author / Creator: | Watson, Bruce, 1929- |
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| Imprint: | Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, 2009. |
| Description: | xi, 214 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7843070 |
| Summary: | Provocative and entertaining study of sieges in history Commentary on the nature and evolution of combat across the centuries <p>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.</p> |
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| Item Description: | Originally published under title: Sieges, a comparative study. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 1993. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 214 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-20 8) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780811736015 0811736016 |
