Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureBatsford, 1984 - 192 pages |
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... World War , the spiky vegetation proved as formidable as barbed wire ; it was only vulnerable to fire . Thus , right at the beginning of this narrative of the development of fortification , we have two of several themes which run right ...
... World War , the spiky vegetation proved as formidable as barbed wire ; it was only vulnerable to fire . Thus , right at the beginning of this narrative of the development of fortification , we have two of several themes which run right ...
Page 130
... world - capable some would say , of being seen from the moon - was the Great Wall of China . It has a rubble core of earth and small stones pounded into a compact mass and held in place front and back by a stone facing wall , rough ...
... world - capable some would say , of being seen from the moon - was the Great Wall of China . It has a rubble core of earth and small stones pounded into a compact mass and held in place front and back by a stone facing wall , rough ...
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... World War You will enter the. In military architecture , as in so many other aspects of history , the double conflict known as the First and Second World Wars is more of a single transitional period , rather than two sepa- rate events ...
... World War You will enter the. In military architecture , as in so many other aspects of history , the double conflict known as the First and Second World Wars is more of a single transitional period , rather than two sepa- rate events ...
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