Description
Title: The Fragile Forts – The Fixed Defences of Sydney Harbour 1788-1963
Author: Oppenheim, Peter
Condition: Near Mint
Edition: 1st Edition
Publication Date: 2005
ISBN: 1876439343
Cover: Hard Cover with Dust Jacket – 326 pages
Comments: This history of the fixed defences of Sydney Harbour draws together the various strands of military, economic, social and political influences which determined defence policy from 1788. Includes illustrations of many of the surviving guns. 4 chapters deal with WWII defences.
Suitable for a broad readership, including military historians, those inspired by the architecture of the the fixed defences such as the Martello Tower on Fort Denison, those gunners fascinated by the vast array of ordnance and others who simply have an abiding interest in the spectacular heritage of Sydney Harbour.
