The Thames at War by Gustav Milne
Highlights the overlooked importance of, and threat to, the River Thames during the Blitz, WW2. Had the Thames' defences been damaged, catastrophic flooding would have occurred.
Gustav Milne is an archaeologist, author and university lecturer. He began his career excavating with the Guildhall Museum in 1973 and was a founder member of the Museum of London's Department of Urban Archaeology, excavating and publishing reports on many Roman, Saxon and Medieval riverfront sites. He subsequently taught for twenty years at the Institute of Archaeology, University College London where he set up the Thames Archaeological Survey and later The Thames Discovery Programme, the award winning community based project surveying archaeological sites exposed on the open foreshore. He also founded the Gresham Ship Project, the Evolutionary Determinants of Health programme and CITIZAN, a national, community based coastal survey, featured in the TV series Britain at Low Tide.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781526768025 |
| ISBN 10 | 152676802X |
| Title | The Thames at War |
| Author | Gustav Milne |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pen & Sword Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2020-03-05 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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