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AIA Guide to Chicago (Paperback, Fourth Edition)
American Institute of Architects Chicago; Edited by Laurie McGovern Petersen; Introduction by Perry R. Duis; Preface by Cynthia Weese; Contributions by Chicago Architecture Center, …
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R1,094
Discovery Miles 10 940
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Chicago's architecture attracts visitors from around the globe. The
fourth edition of the AIA Guide to Chicago is the best portable
resource for exploring this most breathtaking and dynamic of
cityscapes. The editors offer entries on new destinations like the
Riverwalk, the St. Regis Chicago, and The 606 as well as updated
descriptions of Willis Tower and other refreshed landmarks.
Thirty-four maps and over 500 photos make it easy to find each of
the almost 2000 featured sites. A special insert, new to this
edition, showcases the variety of Chicago architecture with over 80
full-color images arranged chronologically. A comprehensive index
organizes entries by name and architect. Sumptuously detailed and
user friendly, the AIA Guide to Chicago encourages travelers and
residents alike to explore the many diverse neighborhoods of one of
the world's great architectural destinations.
Aeneas was perhaps a general, and certainly author of several
didactic military works of which the sole survivor is that on
defence against siege. From it we can deduce that he was a
Peloponnesian of the fourth century BCE who served in the Aegean
and in Asia Minor and composed the work from direct knowledge and
from oral and some literary tradition, possibly in 357-6 BCE. It is
devoted entirely to defence of fortified places and deals specially
with use of defending troops; defensive positions; morale;
resistance to attacks and to actual assault; guards; obviation of
treachery and revolution; and other subjects.
Asclepiodotus, philosopher and pupil of the Stoic Posidonius,
wrote a rather dry but ordered work on Tactics as if a subject of
the lecture room, based not on personal experience but on earlier
manuals. His main subjects were the branches of a military force;
infantry; cavalry; chariots; elephants; arms; maneuvers; military
evolutions; marching formation. The work ends with words of
command.
Onasander (Onasandros), a Platonic philosopher, dedicated his
work "The General" to the Roman Veranius, who was a consul in 49
CE. The work deals in plain style with the sort of morals and
social and military qualities and attitudes expected of a virtuous
and militarily successful general. It is also concerned with such
matters as his choice of staff; attitude to war; religious duties;
military formations; conduct in allied and hostile lands; difficult
terrains; camps; drill; spies; guards; deserters; battle formations
and maneuvers; and other matters, ending with conduct after
victory.
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