Seacoast Fortifications of the United States
Seacoast Fortifications of the United States
Presidio Press | 1985 | ISBN: 0891412573 | English | 164 pages | PDF | 20 MB
When this book appeared in 1970, it was the first publicly available work in nearly a century on the subject of harbor defense fortification and seacoast artillery in the United States; it was also the only book, to carry the subject into the twentieth century and to its conclusion following World War II. It revived interest in a long-forgotten element of military preparedness which had been very near the core of our national defense philosophy throughout most of US history.