Military considerations in city planning: fortifications (Planning and cities)

Presents a survey of the history of fortifications since ancient times, relates the science of siege warfare to the state of engineering of its time, and theorrizes on the relation of fortification types to social and political institutions (... excerpted from the jacket flap). Large 8vo, 128 pages including Illustrations, Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index, and Sources of Illustrations. Hardcover.