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Castrum to Castle
For over a thousand years, from the time of the Roman Empire to the classic period of castle-building in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, fortified sites played a key role in …
Investment Climate Around the World
The World Business Environment Survey provides a unique look at the impact of the investment climate on enterprise performance. This book presents enterprise data from more than …
The Maginot Line
Tracing the development of the fortifications in Europe from the end of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870 to the twentieth century, this is the first comprehensive book in English on …
The Forts and Fortifications of Europe 1815- 1945: The Neutral States
After the Napoleonic Wars the borders of Europe were redrawn and relative peace endured across the region, but the volatile politics of the late nineteenth century generated an …
Castrum to Castle
For over a thousand years, from the time of the Roman Empire to the classic period of castle-building in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, fortified sites played a key role in …
The Anthropology of Wisdom Literature
This unusual book examines definitions of the fable, apologue, parable, moral tale, etc. It then proposes the use of the term exemplum, used by medieval scribes, to define all …
Fortifications of the Incas
The greatest period of Inca expansion occured during the reigns of Pachacuti (1438 71), Tupa Inca (1471 93), and Huayna Capac (1493 1527). From the mountain stronghold of Cuzco, …
Fortress France
The Maginot Line was the last great gun-bearing line of subterranean forts built before World War II. Although it acquired an unjustified reputation as a white elephant, the …
Maginot Line
The Maginot Line, the complex system of strongpoints constructed between the world wars by the French to protect against attack from Germany, is one of the most famous, extensive …
American Gi in Europe in World War II
In the spirit of Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers and Cornelius Ryan's The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far, J. E. Kaufmann and H. W. Kaufmann weave together firsthand accounts …
American GI in Europe in World War II: D-Day: Storming Ashore
Covers the D-Day airborne drops and amphibious landings at Omaha Beach and Utah Beach. Includes sidebars on landing craft, the naval bombardment, engineers, medics, the Germans' …
Fortress France
Shocked by the carnage of World War I--much of which was waged on its own soil--France constructed a vast network of forts in the years before World War II. Among these was the …