Blood, Money and Concrete: How 19th & 20th Century Fortresses in France Created the Post War World

by Craig Campbell, Stephanie Campbell Bracey (Photographer)

Overview

Historical non-fictional account of the massive military fortress projects in France built during the 19th & 20th centuries that were designed to either prevent invasion or maintain tyrannical rule. These concrete and steel emplacements were the epitome of cutting edge technology of their day. They were both ingenious and dreadful. Manned by hundreds of thousands of soldiers, these expensive ramparts were supposed to be the salvation of both the western democracies and eventually the Nazi Third Reich. The price of passage through these great obstacles was to be paid in rivers of blood.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781533454836
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	05/06/2016
Pages:	88
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.18(d)

About the Author

Major Craig Campbell is a retired US Army Field Artillery officer. He teaches University courses in Military History, Western Civilization, World Civilization and Leadership. He traveled France in the summer of 2013 to do his research on the actual battle sites. These are the case studies he uses to explain just how calamitous the events that were caused by these deadly marvels of engineering.