Warfare in the twenty-first century goes well beyond conventional armies and nation-states. In a world of diffuse conflicts taking place across sprawling cities

A comparative, historical analysis of three of the world's most challenging capital cities.

Martha Pollak offers a pan-European, richly illustrated study of early modern military urbanism, an international style of urban design.

Cities, War and Terrorism is the first book to look critically at the ways in which warfare, terrorism and counter-terrorism policies intersect in cities in the

Cities have evolved from small urban systems designed to withstand attack to the modern demands of internal violence. This book analyses the role of the cities