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The United States has been developing space for many years, and satellites provide the US Military with an unparaleled advantage over its adversaries.Constellations of both …

In the late-19th century, with the advances in technology and the increase in America's economic stature, a new round of fortification building began in the United States and its …

This book takes an affectionate journey around some of the atmospheric and occasionally mysterious ruins and follies that can be found in East Anglia. It might be a building that …

The most familiar characteristics of the traditional Japanese castle are the huge sloping stone walls and the graceful yet militarily sophisticated structures built on top of them. …

A fascinating, illustrated history of forts and castles from their earliest origins to the 20th century.Ever since humans began to live together in settlements they have felt the …

Runner-up for the book award in the 1994 British Archaeological Awards, Timber Castles is the standard work on the subject and hugely influential in its field. Its reissue makes …

Wales, a small country, is littered with the relics of war - Iron Age forts, Roman ruins, medieval castles and the coastal forts of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The …

German defenses along the Normandy beaches were part of the larger Atlantic Wall fortifications designed to defend Fortress Europe.When Field Marshal Erwin Rommel took command of …

The most famous example of fortification in the world, the Great Wall of China stretches for more than 6,000km across inhospitable terrain.Charting its development from its …

This book completes the story of one of the most formidable defensive lines in Europe in World War II, looking at the lesser known Mediterranean extension and describing how it was …

Danish Medieval Castles is the first comprehensive overview in English of the castles and fortifications that are known from medieval Denmark. The book tells the story of who built …