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Defending Essex: The Military Landscape from Prehistory to the Present Paperback - 2013

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Author: Osborne, Mike
ISBN: 9780752488349

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For 2,000 years Essex, the county with the longest coast-line in England and dominating the eastern approaches to London, has been in the front-line against foreign invasion, from the Romans to the Spanish Armada to the two World Wars. It has also been involved in civil disorder, from the Anarchy and the Peasants' Revolt to the English Civil War. Many reminders of these scenes of conflict may be seen in the landscape - Iron Age forts, a Roman walled town, medieval castles, strong-houses and homestead moats, coastal fortifications from Napoleonic times and earlier, and Victorian barracks and the drill halls of the Volunteers. From the twentieth century there are still more sites: military airfields from the First World War and Battle of Britain fighter airfields, radar sites and later bomber bases from the Second. Anti-invasion defenses line the coast, linear defenses criss-cross the landscape, and AA sites are everywhere to be found. Taking the story all the way up to the nuclear threat of the Cold War, this guide will interest residents and visitors alike.

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Title Defending Essex: The Military Landscape from Prehistory to the Present
Author Mike Osborne
Binding Paperback
Edition First Edition
Pages 224
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher History Press, Stroud
Publication date 2013-04
Illustrated Yes
Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
ISBN 9780752488349 / 0752488341
Weight 0.9 lbs (0.41 kg)
Dimensions 9.1 x 6.1 x 0.6 in (23.11 x 15.49 x 1.52 cm)
Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Cultural Region: Middle Eastern
Category History - General History

About the author

Dr. Mike Osborne was a coordinator for the Defence of Britain Project and the author of many books on the defence of Britain, including "Defending Lincolnshire: A Military History from Conquest to Cold War," "Pillboxes of Britain and Ireland," and "Defending Britain: Twentieth-Century Military Structures in the Landscape," all published by The History Press.

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