Summary of the course of permanent fortification and of the attack and defence of permanent works
Subtitle: for the use of the cadets of the U.S. military academy
By: by D.H. Mahan
Publisher: U.S. Military Academy Press
Published: 1850
Place of publication: West Point, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 372
Subjects: Fortification; Siege warfare; Defensive (Military science); Offensive (Military science)
Notes: Later published under titles: "An elementary course of permanent fortification ... by D.H. Mahan ... Rev. and ed. by J.B. Wheeler"; "Mahan's permanent fortifications. Rev. and enl. by James Mercur".

Also issued as part II of the author's "An elementary course of military engineering."