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Siege Warfare, Vol. 1: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660 by Christopher Duffy (Repost)

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Siege Warfare, Vol. 1: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660 by Christopher Duffy (Repost)

Siege Warfare, Vol. 1: The Fortress in the Early Modern World 1494-1660 by Christopher Duffy
English | May 3, 1979 | ISBN: 071008871X | 302 Pages | PDF | 115,6 MB

In Siege Warfare, Christopher Duffy sets the fortress between 1494-1660, the time when gunpowder changed the shape of warfare. He explains and clarifies the elaborate calculations which lie behind fortress construction, showing how the period was shaped, in both its town planning and urban life, by the art of fortress building.