Download or read book Sieges written by Bruce Allen Watson and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2009-06-15 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provocative and entertaining study of sieges in history Commentary on the nature and evolution of combat across the centuries Bruce Allen Watson examines seven sieges: Jerusalem at the end of the First Crusade in 1099, Malta in 1565, Sebastopol during the Crimean War, Kut-al-Amara in World War I, Singapore in World War II, Dien Bien Phu, and the 1991 Gulf War.