Siege : castles at war /
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Dallas, Tex :
Taylor Pub. Co.,
c1998.
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Table of Contents:
- In the beginning : ancient siege warfare
- The rock and the hard place : castle evolution in medieval Europe
- Noble adventures : the hundred years' war
- Setting the stage : siege theory and tactical approaches
- The opening gambit : negotiation, threat, and escalade
- Sticks and stones : small arms artillery
- Raising the stakes : siege engines
- Attacking the foundations : ramming, sapping, and mining
- Over the top : siege towers
- Endgame : starvation tactics
- The big bang : gunpowder and cannons
- Checkmate : the decline of the castle.