商品簡介
An illustrated analysis of the design, function, and history of fortresses designed to withstand artillery. Duffy (war studies, Sandhurst) looks at fortress warfare in Renaissance Italy, the origins of permanent artillery fortification, the Eighty Years War in the Netherlands, the English Civil War and the subjugation of Ireland, and fortress warfare beyond the seas. The concluding chapter explores what living in a fortress town was like for everyday people. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
