Vauban under Siege is the first systematic comparison of the theory of Vaubanian siegecraft with its reality, contrasting military engineering's pursuit of the efficient siege with generals' contradictory search for rapid conquest, purchased at the cost of additional lives.
Engineering Efficiency and Martial Vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession
Hardback
Publication Date: 14/11/2006
Winner of the 2009 Distinguished Book Award of the Society for Military History
Vauban under Siege is the first systematic comparison of the theory of Vaubanian siegecraft with its reality, contrasting military engineering's pursuit of the efficient siege with generals' contradictory search for rapid conquest, purchased at the cost of additional lives.
Vauban under Siege is the first systematic comparison of the theory of Vaubanian siegecraft with its reality, contrasting military engineering's pursuit of the efficient siege with generals' contradictory search for rapid conquest, purchased at the cost of additional lives.
- ISBN:
- 9789004154896
- 9789004154896
- Category:
- European history
- Format:
- Hardback
- Publication Date:
- 14-11-2006
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Brill
- Country of origin:
- Netherlands
- Pages:
- 394
- Dimensions (mm):
- 235x155x29mm
- Weight:
- 0.87kg
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