For hundreds of years Britain has been portrayed as an island fortress, impregnable since 1066, a self-sufficient nation protected by the sea around it. By exploring the fortresses and defensive structures of coastal Britain, Dan Cruickshank in the BBC series "Invasion" seeks to dispel this popular myth and provide an argument that Britain is a nation whose history is instead defined by the fear of invasion. This book analyzes the science of warfare and the military heritage of the country in its medieval castles, coastal ... Read More
For hundreds of years Britain has been portrayed as an island fortress, impregnable since 1066, a self-sufficient nation protected by the sea around it. By exploring the fortresses and defensive structures of coastal Britain, Dan Cruickshank in the BBC series "Invasion" seeks to dispel this popular myth and provide an argument that Britain is a nation whose history is instead defined by the fear of invasion. This book analyzes the science of warfare and the military heritage of the country in its medieval castles, coastal tunnels, gun emplacements, World War II deep bomb shelters and more. It reveals fortresses both brilliant and hopeless. Read Less
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Physical description; 185 pages: illustrations (some color), maps (some color), portraits (some color); 26 cm. Subjects; Great Britain History, Military. Great Britain History Invasions. Great Britain Defenses History. England: fortifications: military architecture. Fortification, British History. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.
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Fine in Fine jacket. Book Dustwrapper, small 4to, pp.185. Colour, bw ills. Published to accompany the BBC series Invasion, which studied the various coastal defences in Britain erected at different times to withstand or deter invasion. Fine in wrapper. Size: 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall.
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