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.