Stronghold: A History of Military ArchitectureSchocken Books, 1985 - 192 pages |
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Page 23
... face of the rampart was being made vertical . Finally it was revetted with wattle hurdles or stonework , depending upon the right sort of wood or rock being available . The rampart was then surmounted by a continuous palisade , probably ...
... face of the rampart was being made vertical . Finally it was revetted with wattle hurdles or stonework , depending upon the right sort of wood or rock being available . The rampart was then surmounted by a continuous palisade , probably ...
Page 27
... face and without his personal loss of life . Each age has its conventions , its secret weapons and its ultimate deterrents , which hold the ring while the warriors put their cause to the test of battle , 14 This view from the inner ...
... face and without his personal loss of life . Each age has its conventions , its secret weapons and its ultimate deterrents , which hold the ring while the warriors put their cause to the test of battle , 14 This view from the inner ...
Page 147
... face the ocean . Exactly the opposite hind- sighted argument was used after the Japanese had captured the naval base of Singapore by overland assault in 1941-2 . Of course , designers of nineteenth - century forts realised that the ...
... face the ocean . Exactly the opposite hind- sighted argument was used after the Japanese had captured the naval base of Singapore by overland assault in 1941-2 . Of course , designers of nineteenth - century forts realised that the ...
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