Brassey's Book of Sieges

by William Seymour

The historical emphasis on battle as opposed to siege has long diminished the human face of war, ignoring the anonymous thousands who scurry to the relative safety of a citadel only to find themselves caught in a web of enforced service, starvation and disease. Since the walls of Jericho came tumbling down and the Greeks outwitted their Trojan rivals with a wooden horse, sieges have played an important part in man's struggle to outdo fellow man. William...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857533755
• ISBN13: 9781857533750
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.1" x 9.9"