The demands of the modern city have shifted the focus from small urban systemsdesigned to withstand attack from outside to the dangers of internal violence.Defe... » 

The demands of the modern city have shifted the focus from small urban systemsdesigned to withstand attack from outside to the dangers of internal violence.Defensealways a priority for urban plannershas often shaped the choice oflocation and site architecture and physical form and even the organization ofurban societies. Similarly cities have influenced the shape of conflict bothin external attack and internal insurrection and at times have had both activeand passive roles.War and the City examines the relationship between war as an activity andcities as particular spatial settings. Political social economic andtechnological change have all brought their myriad influences to urbandevelopment. In this important study Greg Ashworth synthesizes militaryhistory and the geography of urban defense to question both the past and thefuture of the city at war. War and the City will appeal to those with aninterest in historical and urban geography history military history andinternational relations. «