After the Napoleonic Wars the borders of Central Europe were redrawn and relative peace endured across the region, but the volatile politics of the late nineteenth century generated an atmosphere of fear and distrust, and it gave rise to a new era of fortress building, and this is the subject of thi[...]

This is the first comprehensive study of German fortifications in World War II. The Atlantic Wall is perhaps the most famous of Germany's World War II - era fortification lines in Europe, but Hitler built many others, from elaborate coastal defences along the English Channel to the nearly impervious[...]

Hitler's Atlantic Wall, the complex system of coastal fortifications that stretched from Norway to the Spanish border during the Second World War, was built to defend occupied Europe from Allied invasion. Many of its principal structures survive and can be visited today, and this book is an authorit[...]

Tuberculosis (TB), a deadly airborne disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium tuberculosis, is considered to be the most common infectious disease in the world. Divided into three volumes, this handbook explores the causes and available treatments of the widespread infection, as well as contemp[...]