Modern European Military Fortifications, 1870-1950
Subtitle: A Selective Annotated Bibliography (Bibliographies and Indexes in Military Studies)
Contributors: J. E. Kaufmann (Editor); Clayton Donnell (Editor)
Publisher: Praeger Publishers
Published: October 30, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780313316470
Subjects: Military engineering; Warfare & Defence; Reference; Military; Europe; Bibliographies & Indexes; Military - General; History / Military / General; 19th century; 20th century; Abstracts; Fortification; History
First sentence: From 1870 until the end of the nineteenth century, the defense of the British Isles largely rested on the power of the Royal Navy and the fortifications erected in the mid-nineteenth century around the major docks and harbours.