| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 578 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
UPSO - University Press of Kentucky E-Books
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| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 531-549) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
United States. Army. Cavalry -- History -- 20th century
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Army. Cavalry fast |
| Subject |
Mechanization, Military -- United States -- History
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
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Mechanization, Military
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0813171423 |
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9780813171425 |
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9780813134819 |
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0813134811 |
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