Ancient siege warfare by Kern, Paul Bentley - 1999

Bloomington ; Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Near fine(+), with seven tiny digits (phone number?) in neat ink to rear free endpaper verso in near fine(+) jacket, with minor crinkles to tope rear edge, now housed in archival mylar. Top edge a wee bit spotted / worn./near fine. Quarto in orange-white illus jacket; 419 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 401-406) and index. Contents: The origins. Fortifications and siege machinery ; Treatment of captured cities -- The Middle East. Israel, Mesopotamia, and the Persians ; Treatment of captured cities -- The Greeks. Early sieges through the Peloponnesian War ; Treatment of captured cities ; Dionysius I -- The Macedonians. Philip II and Alexander the Great ; Treatment of captured cities ; Demetrius the Besieger -- The Romans. Early sieges and the Punic Wars ; The age of imperialism ; Treatment of captured cities -- Epilogue. / "This book examines how siege warfare was able to unleash unrestrained violence. It shows how the methods of siege warfare devalued the skills of traditional warriors, along with the shared values of honor and prowess that limited the violence of traditional field battles."--Jacket. Siege warfare -- History. Military history, Ancient. Guerre de siège -- Histoire. Histoire militaire ancienne. Military history, Ancient. Siege warfare. Belagerungstechnik Altertum Belegeringen. Siege warfare -- History -- To 500. Military history, Ancient. Siege warfare -- History. Military history, Ancient. Geschichte Anfänge-70. Siege warfare -- History. Military history, Ancient.