Civilians Under Siege from Sarajevo to Troy

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dowdall, Alex (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Horne, John (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Military history.; World history.; Civilization-History.; Europe-History-To 476.; Europe-History-1492-.; History of Military.; World History, Global and Transnational History.; Cultural History.; History of Ancient Europe.; History of Modern Europe.

This edited volume analyses siege warfare as a discrete type of military engagement, in the face of which civilians are particularly vulnerable. Siege warfare is a form of combat that has always had devastating effects on civilian populations. From the near-contemporary Siege of Sarajevo to the real...