RUSI JournalVOLUME 166ISSUE 2members only

On Sieges

Amos Fox

19 May 2021Long Read

An Iraqi military vehicle on a street with rubble and destroyed buildings on the side of the road. Courtesy of Mstyslav Chernov / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0

An Iraqi military vehicle on a street with rubble and destroyed buildings on the side of the road. Courtesy of Mstyslav Chernov / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0

Iraqi Special Operations Forces in Mosul, November 2016. Courtesy of Mstyslav Chernov / Wikimedia / CC BY-SA 4.0

Despite the word’s association with a bygone era, sieges continue to play an important role in contemporary warfare.

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