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Besieged : an encyclopedia of great sieges from ancient times to the present / Paul K. Davis.

LIBRA D25.5 .D32 2001
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Author/Creator:
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genre:
  • Encyclopedias.
Physical Description:
ix, 376 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Place of Publication:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [2001]
Summary:
From Joshua's assault on Jericho in the fifteenth century B.C. to the Russian attack on the Chechen capital of Grozny at the end of the twentieth century, Besieged covers the most important sieges around the world and throughout history. This fascinating volume examines the actions of both attackers and defenders, exploring the motivations of both, as well as surveying technical and tactical innovations and the conditions both inside besieged positions and in the besiegers' ranks. Each entry details the historical setting, the details of the event itself, and the long-term results of the siege. The accounts are enhanced by illustrations and over seventy maps, and each entry includes references for further reading. A glossary and a comprehensive index round out the encyclopedia.
Contents:
  • Jericho (1405 BC) 1
  • Troy (1250 BC) 3
  • Plataea (429-427 BC) 6
  • Syracuse (415-413 BC) 9
  • Veii (404-396 BC) 14
  • Tyre (332 BC) 17
  • Syracuse (213-212 BC) 20
  • Carthage (149-146 BC) 24
  • Numantia (134-133 BC) 29
  • Alesia (52 BC) 31
  • Jerusalem (70) 35
  • Masada (73-74) 39
  • Aquileia (452) 42
  • Rome (537-38) 44
  • Constantinople (717-18) 47
  • Pavia (773-74) 50
  • Paris (885-86) 53
  • Jerusalem (1099) 55
  • Acre (1189-91) 59
  • Montsegur (1243-44) 62
  • Baghdad (1258) 66
  • Hsiang-yang (1268-73) 68
  • Calais (1346-47) 71
  • Nicopolis (1396) 74
  • Orleans (1428-29) 76
  • Constantinople (1453) 80
  • Granada (1491) 85
  • Tenochtitlan (1521) 88
  • Rhodes (1522) 94
  • Pavia (1524-25) 97
  • Vienna (1529) 101
  • Boulogne (1544) 105
  • Malta (1565) 107
  • Chitor Garh (1567-68) 111
  • Famagusta (1571) 113
  • Antwerp (1584-85) 116
  • Kinsale (1601-02) 121
  • Osaka (1614-15) 125
  • La Rochelle (1627-28) 129
  • Magdeburg (1631) 132
  • Maastricht (1673) 137
  • Vienna (1683) 139
  • Londonderry (1689) 142
  • St. Augustine (1702) 146
  • Turin (1706) 149
  • Lille (1708) 151
  • Louisbourg (1745) 154
  • Arcot (1751) 157
  • Fort Niagara (1759) 160
  • Quebec (1759) 163
  • Havana (1762) 167
  • Boston (1775-76) 171
  • Quebec (1775-76) 175
  • Fort Stanwix (1777) 179
  • Gibraltar (1779-83) 183
  • Pensacola (1781) 187
  • Yorktown (1781) 191
  • Toulon (1793) 195
  • Genoa (1800) 199
  • Badajoz (1812) 201
  • Cuautla (1812) 205
  • Cartagena (1815) 208
  • Athens (Acropolis) (1826-27) 212
  • The Alamo (1836) 215
  • Rome (1849) 220
  • Sevastopol (1854-55) 222
  • Delhi (1857) 227
  • Gaeta (1860-61) 231
  • Puebla (1863) 234
  • Vicksburg (1863) 237
  • Petersburg (1864-65) 241
  • Fort Fisher (1864-65) 245
  • Humaita (1867-68) 249
  • Paris (1870-71) 252
  • Plevna (1877) 256
  • Khartoum (1884-85) 260
  • Chitral (1895) 263
  • Manila (1898) 267
  • Mafeking (1899-1900) 271
  • Peking (1900) 276
  • Port Arthur (1904-05) 280
  • Liege (1914) 284
  • Kut-al-Amara (1915-16) 288
  • Madrid (1936-39) 291
  • Bilbao (1937) 297
  • Malta (1940-42) 301
  • Tobruk (1941) 306
  • Leningrad (1941-44) 311
  • Sevastopol (1941-42) 316
  • Singapore (1942) 318
  • Stalingrad (1942-43) 323
  • Monte Cassino (1944) 327
  • Imphal (1944) 333
  • Dien Bien Phu (1953-54) 337
  • Quemoy (Kinmen) (1958-59) 342
  • Khe Sanh (1968) 345
  • Beirut (1982) 349
  • Basra (1982-87) 352
  • Sarajevo (1991-95) 357
  • Grozny (1994-95) 360.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
1576071952
OCLC:
47825934

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