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Urban warfare in the twenty-first century
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ISBN: 9781509543663 9781509543656 9781509543670 Year: 2021 Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; Medford, MA : Polity Press,

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Warfare has migrated into cities. From Mosul to Mumbai, Aleppo to Marawi, the major military battles of the twenty-first century have taken place in densely populated urban areas. Why has this happened? What are the defining characteristics of urban warfare today? What are its military and political implications?Leading sociologist Anthony King answers these critical questions through close analysis of recent urban battles and their historical antecedents. Exploring the changing typography and evolving tactics of the urban battlescape, he shows that although not all methods used in urban warfare are new, operations in cities today have become highly distinctive. Urban warfare has coalesced into gruelling micro-sieges, which extend from street level – and below – to the airspace high above the city, as combatants fight for individual buildings, streets and districts. At the same time, digitalized social media and information networks communicate these battles to global audiences across an urban archipelago, with these spectators often becoming active participants in the fight.A timely reminder of the costs and the horror of war and violence in cities, this book offers an invaluable interdisciplinary introduction to urban warfare in the new millennium for students of international security, urban studies and military science, as well as military professionals.


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The world of the siege
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ISBN: 9789004395688 9789004395695 9004395687 9004395695 Year: 2019 Publisher: Leiden ;Boston Brill

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"The World of the Siege examines relations between the conduct and representations of early modern sieges. The volume offers case studies from various regions in Europe (England, France, the Low Countries, Germany, the Balkans) and throughout the world (the Chinese, Ottoman and Mughal Empires), from the 15th century into the 18th. The international contributors analyse how siege narratives were created and disseminated, and how early modern actors as well as later historians made sense of these violent events in both textual and visual artefacts. The volume's chronological and geographical breadth provides insight into similarities and differences of siege warfare and military culture across several cultures, countries and centuries, as well as its impact on both combatants and observers."--Provided by publisher.


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Vestingbouw stap voor stap : het bastion hoekpunt in oude stadsomwallingen
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ISBN: 9060117824 Year: 1992 Publisher: Zutphen Walburg pers

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A history of the early medieval siege, c. 450-1220
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ISBN: 9781843834489 9781846158032 Year: 2009 Publisher: Woodbridge ; Rochester, N.Y. Boydell & Brewer


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A history of the late medieval siege, 1200-1500
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ISBN: 9781843834496 9781846158049 Year: 2023 Publisher: Woodbridge The Boydell Press


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Bolwerk der Nederlanden : de vestingwerken van Maastricht sedert het begin van de 13e eeuw
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ISBN: 9023216989 Year: 1979 Publisher: Assen : Van Gorcum,


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La fortezza e la città : Buonaiuto Lorini, Giulio Savorgnan e Marcantonio Martinengo a Palma (1592 - 1600).
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ISBN: 8822244958 9788822244956 Year: 1997 Volume: 156 Publisher: Firenze Olschki


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Tous les deables d'enfer : relations du siège de Rhodes par les Ottomans en 1480
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ISBN: 9782600017688 2600017682 Year: 2014 Volume: 529 Publisher: Genève : Droz,

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Une cinquantaine de témoignages sur le siège de Rhodes par les Ottomans en 1480, un des événements les plus médiatisés du XVe siècle, par des témoins directs ou des pèlerins passés par la cité au lendemain du siège. ©Electre 2015

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