BRUCE ALLEN WATSON is Emeritus Professor, History of Art, and past chairman, Division of Applied and Fine Arts, Diablo Valley College. His lifelong study of military history led to his first book, The Great Indian Mutiny: Colin Campbell and the Campaign at Lucknow (Praeger, 1991).

• Preface Sieges: Overview and Method Jerusalem, 1099 Malta, 1565 Sebastopol, October 1854 to September 1855 Kut-al-Amara, December 1915 to April 1916 Singapore, 7 December 1941 to 15 February 1942 Five Sieges: Constants and Variables The Ongoing Story Selected Bibliography Index

BRUCE ALLEN WATSON is Emeritus Professor, History of Art, and past chairman, Division of Applied and Fine Arts, Diablo Valley College. His lifelong study of military history led to his first book, The Great Indian Mutiny: Colin Campbell and the Campaign at Lucknow (Praeger, 1991).

• Preface Sieges: Overview and Method Jerusalem, 1099 Malta, 1565 Sebastopol, October 1854 to September 1855 Kut-al-Amara, December 1915 to April 1916 Singapore, 7 December 1941 to 15 February 1942 Five Sieges: Constants and Variables The Ongoing Story Selected Bibliography Index

BRUCE ALLEN WATSON is Emeritus Professor, History of Art, and past chairman, Division of Applied and Fine Arts, Diablo Valley College. His lifelong study of military history led to his first book, The Great Indian Mutiny: Colin Campbell and the Campaign at Lucknow (Praeger, 1991).

• Preface Sieges: Overview and Method Jerusalem, 1099 Malta, 1565 Sebastopol, October 1854 to September 1855 Kut-al-Amara, December 1915 to April 1916 Singapore, 7 December 1941 to 15 February 1942 Five Sieges: Constants and Variables The Ongoing Story Selected Bibliography Index