Description: The authors examine the major fortified positions and describe their strategic purpose, their design and construction, and the role they played in military planning and operations.
Brief description: J.E. Kaufmann is a retired teacher and presently an adjunct professor at Palo Alto Jr. College and H.W. Kaufmann, PhD, is a retired professor, and they live in the United States. Their most recent books on fortifications are The Maginot Line, The Atlantic Wall, The Forts and Fortifications of Europe 1815-1945: The Central States, The Forts and Fortifications of Europe 1815-1945: The Neutral States and Verdun 1916: The Renaissance of the Fortress.
Review Quotes: "This book does offer the modeller both photographic views of various defensive structures, which is further assisted with cut through plans showing the structures in a manner that the modeller could replicate."-- "Armorama"