Besieged: 100 Great Sieges from Jericho to SarajevoOxford University Press, 2003 - 376 sider From ancient times to the present, great sieges have had an enormous impact on the shaping of world history. Now, in this spectacular, fully-illustrated volume, one hundred of the world's most monumental and mind-boggling sieges are laid out in detail. Besieged covers the most important sieges from around the world throughout history--from Joshua's assault on Jericho in the fifteenth century B.C. to the Russian attack on the Chechen capital of Grozny at the end of the twentieth. Each entry provides the name and date of the siege, its exact location in terms of today's world, the number of forces engaged, when known, the names of the commanders on each side, and the overall importance of the siege in its historical context. Thoroughly examining the actions of both the attackers and the defenders, the book explores the motivations of both, and strategically surveys the technical and tactical innovations and conditions both inside besieged positions and in the besiegers' ranks. The entries detail the historical setting, the particular circumstances of the event itself, and the long-term results of the siege. These riveting accounts are enhanced by illustrations, over seventy maps, and references for further reading. A glossary and a comprehensive index complete the book. Global in scope, and with stirring accounts of familiar sieges as well as many lesser known conflicts, Besieged is essential reading for military buffs and everyone interested in how the modern world came to be. Includes the sieges of: * Jericho (1405 B.C.) * Troy (1250 B.C.) * Acre (1189--1191) * Constantinople (1453) * Tenochtitlan (1521 * La Rochelle (1627--1628) * Leningrad (1941--1944) * Malta (1940--1942) * Dien Bien Phu (1954) * Khe Sanh (1968) * Beirut (1982) * Sarajevo (1991--1995) |
Innhold
Jericho 1405 BC | 1 |
Troy 1250 BC | 3 |
Plataea 42927 BC | 6 |
Syracuse 415413 BC | 9 |
Veii 404396 BC | 14 |
Tyre 332 BC | 17 |
Syracuse 213212 BC | 20 |
Carthage 149146 BC | 24 |
Quebec 177576 | 175 |
Fort Stanwix 1777 | 179 |
Gibraltar 177983 | 183 |
Pensacola 1781 | 187 |
Yorktown 1781 | 191 |
Toulon 1793 | 195 |
Genoa 1800 | 199 |
Badajoz 1812 | 201 |
Numantia 134133 BC | 29 |
Alesia 52 BC | 31 |
Jerusalem 70 | 35 |
Masada 7374 | 39 |
Aquileia 452 | 42 |
Rome 53738 | 44 |
Constantinople 71718 | 47 |
Pavia 77374 | 50 |
Paris 88586 | 53 |
Jerusalem 1099 | 55 |
Acre 118991 | 59 |
Montsegur 124344 | 62 |
Baghdad 1258 | 66 |
Hsiangyang 126873 | 68 |
Calais 134647 | 71 |
Nicopolis 1396 | 74 |
Orleans 142829 | 76 |
Constantinople 1453 | 80 |
Granada 1491 | 85 |
Tenochtitlan 1521 | 88 |
Rhodes 1522 | 94 |
Pavia 152425 | 97 |
Vienna 1529 | 101 |
Boulogne 1544 | 105 |
Malta 1565 | 107 |
Chitor Garh 156768 | 111 |
Famagusta 1571 | 113 |
Antwerp 158485 | 116 |
Kinsale 160102 | 121 |
Osaka 161415 | 125 |
La Rochelle 162728 | 129 |
Magdeburg 1631 | 132 |
Maastricht 1673 | 137 |
Vienna 1683 | 139 |
Londonderry 1689 | 142 |
St Augustine 1702 | 146 |
Turin 1706 | 149 |
Lille 1708 | 151 |
Louisbourg 1745 | 154 |
Arcot 1751 | 157 |
Fort Niagara 1759 | 160 |
Quebec 1759 | 163 |
Havana 1762 | 167 |
Boston 177576 | 171 |
Cuautla 1812 | 205 |
Cartagena 1815 | 208 |
Athens Acropolis 182627 | 212 |
The Alamo 1836 | 215 |
Rome 1849 | 220 |
Sevastopol 185455 | 222 |
Delhi 1857 | 227 |
Gaeta 186061 | 231 |
Puebla 1863 | 234 |
Vicksburg 1863 | 237 |
Petersburg 186465 | 241 |
Fort Fisher 186465 | 245 |
Humaita 186768 | 249 |
Paris 187071 | 252 |
Plevna 1877 | 256 |
Khartoum 188485 | 260 |
Chitral 1895 | 263 |
Manila 1898 | 267 |
Mafeking 18991900 | 271 |
Peking 1900 | 276 |
Port Arthur 190405 | 280 |
Liege 1914 | 284 |
KutalAmara 191516 | 288 |
Madrid 193639 | 291 |
Bilbao 1937 | 297 |
Malta 194042 | 301 |
Tobruk 1941 | 306 |
Leningrad 194144 | 311 |
Sevastopol 194142 | 316 |
Singapore 1942 | 318 |
Stalingrad 194243 | 323 |
Monte Cassino 1944 | 327 |
Imphal 1944 | 333 |
Dien Bien Phu 195354 | 337 |
Quemoy Kinmen 195859 | 342 |
Khe Sanh 1968 | 345 |
Beirut 1982 | 349 |
Basra 198287 | 352 |
Sarajevo 199195 | 357 |
Grozny 199495 | 360 |
Glossary | 365 |
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Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
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