The Fortress in the Age of Vauban and Frederick the Great, 1680-1789 (Siege Warfare, Vol 2) Christopher Duffy (Author)
Contents:
1 - Louis XIV and the Apogee of the Old Fortress Warfare 1660-1715 2 - The Masters: Coehoorn and Vauban 3 - The Resolution of the Conflict: the Last Struggles of Habsburg and Bourbon 4 - The Age of Frederick the Great 1740-86 5 - A Time of Doubt: the Standing of Permanent Fortification in the Eighteenth Century 6 - The Subjugation of Ireland and Scotland 7 - The Battle for Sweden's Trans- Baltic Bridgeheads 8 - The Last Crusade - the Repulse of Ottoman Turkey 9 - The Collision of the Colonial Empires 10 - Conclusions Glossary Bibliography General Index Subject Index