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xvii, 172 p. :ill.
Table of contents includes: Always be careful --The science of siege -- Catapults around the world -- Shooting snakes in a barrel, the catapults of Alexander the Great -- A black flag flies over Acre, Saladin, Richard, and the Third Crusade -- Cabulus, the great horse trebuchet -- John Crabbe, tinderer, sailor, soldier, spy -- The hammer of the Scots -- The sun sets on catapult warfare.