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Vauban under Siege

Vauban under Siege

Engineering Efficiency and Martial Vigor in the War of the Spanish Succession

by Jamel Ostwald
Hardback
Publication Date: 14/11/2006
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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.
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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Warfare & defence European history Military history Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700
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