Skip to content
You are not logged in |Login  
     
Limit search to available items
Record:   Prev Next
Resources
More Information
Bestseller
BestsellerE-book
Author Hofmann, George F.

Title Through mobility we conquer : the mechanization of U.S. Cavalry / George F. Hofmann.

Publication Info. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, [2006]
©2006

Item Status

Description 1 online resource (xv, 578 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series UPSO - University Press of Kentucky E-Books.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-549) and index.
Contents Frank Parker: early mechanized cavalry theorist -- A reason to be! -- The struggle for an innovative doctrine and a combat car -- Cavalrymen looking for new mounts and a tactical doctrine -- The "great cavalry debate" over new opportunities -- So he lost it all? -- Sneak and peek, or fight? -- Mechanized cavalry from Normandy to the end of the war -- The terrible turmoil of postwar Germany and the U.S. Constabulary -- Conclusion.
Summary The U.S. Cavalry, which began in the nineteenth century as little more than a mounted reconnaissance and harrying force, underwent intense growing pains with the rapid technological developments of the twentieth century. From its tentative beginnings during World War I, the eventual conversion of the traditional horse cavalry to a mechanized branch is arguably one of the greatest military transformations in history. Through Mobility We Conquer recounts the evolution and development of the U.S. Army's modern mechanized cavalry and the doctrine necessary to use it effectively, and explores the d.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject United States. Army. Cavalry -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Army. Cavalry.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Mechanization, Military -- United States -- History.
Mechanization, Military.
United States.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Hofmann, George F. Through mobility we conquer. Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, ©2006 0813124034 (DLC) 2005037185 (OCoLC)62741426
ISBN 0813171423 (electronic book)
9780813171425 (electronic book)
9780813134819 (ebook)
0813134811 (ebook)
0813124034
9780813124032