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Besieged - Seven Cities Under Siege (Hardcover)
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J. Bowyer Bell's Beseiged is built on the premise that as long as
men have constructed walls, other men have tried to scale them.
From ancient Jericho and Joshua's trumpet to London and the
onslaught of the Luftwaffe, people have always devised cunning
weapons, with all the skills at their command, to breach such
barriers and invade the camps and fortified places of their
enemies. Beseiged is the story of seven great modern sieges: Madrid
in the Spanish Civil War; London, Warsaw, Singapore and Stalingrad
in World War II; Berlin during the Post World War II Airlift; and
Jerusalem under Arab attack from four sides in 1947. Bell, a
veteran historian, describes in detail the actual battles involved,
clearly demonstrating the universality of sieges and siegecraft and
showing that all these beleaguered places have things in common and
obey certain basic laws or principles. Bell points out
commonalities showing, for example, though no bullets were fired
during the Berlin Airlift, the city itself was as much under siege
as was Warsaw, where the Polish Underground fought a fierce but
hopeless battle against Hitler's Wehrmacht. By the same token, Bell
shows though no German infantry ever came close to London, it was
nonetheless besieged by aerial squadrons just as surely as
Stalingrad was by both German and Russian ground forces. The
histories of these sieges are ones of heroism and cowardice,
meticulous planning and incredible blunders, all of which can be
studied and used even currently in similar situations in either
defending, or piercing the defenses of, a location in times of
unrest or war. Beseiged is a must-read for those interested in
modern conflict pondering the enigma of human endeavor in wall
building and breaking involved in siegecraft. A must-read for
everyone from military strategist aficionados and historians to
science and technology buffs. If it is to be believed the danger of
not knowing history is the possibility of unknowingly repeating it,
then Beseiged should appear on all required reading lists.
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Imprint: |
Routledge
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
September 2017 |
First published: |
1966 |
Authors: |
J. Bowyer Bell
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Dimensions: |
229 x 152mm (L x W) |
Format: |
Hardcover
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Pages: |
335 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-138-51945-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
General
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LSN: |
1-138-51945-6 |
Barcode: |
9781138519459 |
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