Sit Down Before Reading, A Memoir by Dave Bexfield The concluding chapter of Sit Down Before Reading has been broken into five parts (1-5). Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 Part 3 Laying Siege Dating back to 3000 BC, one of the first recognized military tactics deployed by early civilizations was the now-classic siege. “A siege occurs when an attacker encounters a city or fortress that cannot be easily taken by a quick assault, and which re