Describes the mechanics of a siege, and recounts sixteen famous sieges from the Crusades to the Vietnam War

Great Sieges of History

Seymour, William

Potomac Books Inc.

The flame of the Tudor monarchy blazed bright.  It attracted, but it also burned.  To be near the throne was to live excitingly and dangerously.  The most appropriate symbol for the Tudors was not their rose but the axe.This is the story of a Tudor queen and two of her brothers, all of whom paid the price of their close involvement with the throne.  Jane Seymour became Queen of England, the successor of Anne Boleyn.  She died after giving birth to Henry's son.  Edward Seymour became Protector of the Realm, and Thomas Seymour, Lord High Admiral.  Both ended their careers on the block.In their heyday the Seymours were England's first family.  Their story spans two reigns, Henry VIII's and their nephew Edward VI's.  Both brothers fought in the Tudor wars and were embroiled in Tudor politics.  Edward became the most powerful man in England; Thomas one of the most notorious.

Ordeal by Ambition: An English Family in the Shadow of the Tudors

St.Martin's Press

Battles in Britain and their political background

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

SIDGWICK JACKSON

Battles In Britain and Their Political V1

Sidgwick & Jackson, 1979

A narrative account of the main battles fought on British soil between 1066-1746, together with an assessment of the commanders and their strategies, plus an analysis of the historical background and results of the battles. The work is in two volumes, the first covering the period from the Battle of Hastings in 1066 up to 1547 and the second covering the battles from the beginning of the English Civil War until the Battle of Culloden in 1746. A guide to the location of all the battlefields is given and this is supplemented by a table set out under different counties. The aeriel photographs are keyed with the positions of the troops during the battles and battle-plans and drawings showing weapons development are also given. There are also synopses of the battles of the Wars of the Roses and of the battles of the English Civil War. William Seymour is also author of "Ordeal by Ambition".

Battles in Britain 1066-1746: Volumes I and II

Watson, Colonel W.F.N.

Pan/Macmillan

Sovereign legacy: An historical guide to the British monarchy

History

Europe

Military science is far from an exact science, as Grant, Rommel, Clausewitz, Tolstoy, and other chroniclers of war have long argued. The tide of battle often depends on human factors—bad information, miscalculations, happy guesses, thorough planning—and on quirks of weather, timing, or faulty equipment. By providing all relevant information that Napoleon, Lee, Washington, and Henry V had at the ready, Yours to Reason Why isolates the moments when it seemed that victory could go to either side, and analyzes the decisions at the scene of ten famous battles—from Hastings and Waterloo to Gettysburg and Anzio. You must decide if Napoleon advances into Belgium or stands on the defensive, when to hit the beach at Anzio with air support, whether you follow Stonewall Jackson's advice to attack aggressively at Chancellorsville. William Seymour provides hundreds of maps, detail on terrain and armaments, the psychology of the generals, and complete information on troop strength and their readiness to fight. To enter these pages is to marshal famous armies, to be for a moment captain of their fates, and to match wits with the generals whose decisions made history.

Yours to reason why: Decision in battle

Decisive Factors in Twenty Great Battles of the World

Military

Military science is far from an exact science, as Grant, Rommel, Clausewitz, Tolstoy, and other chroniclers of war have long argued. The tide of battle often depends on human factors—bad information, miscalculations, happy guesses, thorough planning—and on quirks of weather, timing, or faulty equipment. By providing all relevant information that Napoleon, Lee, Washington, and Henry V had at the ready, Yours to Reason Why isolates the moments when it seemed that victory could go to either side, and analyzes the decisions at the scene of ten famous battles—from Hastings and Waterloo to Gettysburg and Anzio. You must decide if Napoleon advances into Belgium or stands on the defensive, when to hit the beach at Anzio with air support, whether you follow Stonewall Jackson's advice to attack aggressively at Chancellorsville. William Seymour provides hundreds of maps, detail on terrain and armaments, the psychology of the generals, and complete information on troop strength and their readiness to fight. To enter these pages is to marshal famous armies, to be for a moment captain of their fates, and to match wits with the generals whose decisions made history.

Yours To Reason Why: Decision In Battle

Da Capo Press

Twenty very different battles are studied in this book, ranging from Zama in 202 BC to Dien Bien Phu in 1954. Each battle is set in its historical background with an outline of the action, and in the final chapter the author offers some general conclusions on the nature of warfare.

St Martins Pr

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