First edition. Includes original jacket. Page ridges faintly foxed. 1990 Large Hardcover. 192 pp. 11 7/8 x 9 1/8. Profusely illustrated with reproductions of engravings and maps, color and black & white photographs, and diagrams & plans of fortifications. An extensive treatment of historical military fortifications, with a special section on Vauban's contributions to the science. From 3500 BC to the nuclear age, the author looks at the basic earthworks and hillforts of prehistoric Europe, crusader castles and medieval strongholds, the walled cities of Jericho, Troy, Sparta and Babylon, the Great Wall of China, the Tower of London and many more examples of fortification.

CASTLES  FORTIFICATIONS  MILITARY  ARCHITECTURE  FORTRESS