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Author : Tom Wintringham
Publisher : Books for Libraries
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105039260166
Author : Major Richard E. Kerr Jr.
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 71 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781782899419
This thesis examines the effect the rifle had on infantry tactics during the Civil War. It traces the transition from smoothbore to rifle and the development of the Minie ball. The range and accuracy of various weapons are discussed and several tables illustrate the increased capabilities of the rifle. Tactics to exploit the new weapon are examined, primarily those of William Hardee. Using Hardee’s tactics as the standard rifle tactics before the war, the change in how infantry soldiers fought is documented with two battle analyses. The 1862 Maryland Campaign shows the start of tactical evolution as soldiers seek cover, expend large quantities of ammunition and are decisively engaged at greater distances. During the 1864 Wilderness-Spotsylvania battle, the concepts of fortification defense and skirmish offense take hold. Examining several current books that deal with the rifle and its effects, the thesis concludes that the rifle’s increased firepower was a major factor in the move away from Hardee’s formation tactics.
Author : Jerold E. Brown
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000-12-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9781567507232
Having evolved over the past two and a quarter centuries to become the premier military force in the world, the U.S. Army has a heritage rich in history and tradition. This historical dictionary provides short, clear, authoritative entries on a broad cross section of military terms, concepts, arms and equipment, units and organizations, campaigns and battles, and people who have had a significant impact on Army. It includes over 900 entries written by some 100 scholars, providing a valuable resource for the interested reader, student, and researcher. For those interested in pursuing specific subjects further, the book provides sources at the end of each entry as well as a general bibliography. Appendixes provide a useful list of abbreviations and acronyms and a listing of ranks and grades in the U.S. Army.
Author : Keith F. Otterbein
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2004-11-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781585443307
Have humans always fought and killed each other, or did they peacefully coexist until states developed? Is war an expression of human nature or an artifact of civilization? Questions about the origin and inherent motivations of warfare have long engaged philosophers, ethicists, anthropologists as they speculate on the nature of human existence. In How War Began, author Keith F. Otterbein draws on primate behavior research, archaeological research, data gathered from the Human Relations Area Files, and a career spent in research and reflection on war to argue for two separate origins. He identifies two types of military organization: one which developed two million years ago at the dawn of humankind, wherever groups of hunters met, and a second which developed some five thousand years ago, in four identifiable regions, when the first states arose and proceeded to embark upon military conquests. In carefully selected detail, Otterbein marshals the evidence for his case that warfare was possible and likely among early Homo sapiens. He argues from analogy with other primates, from Paleolithic rock art depicting wounded humans, and from rare skeletal remains with embedded weapon points to conclude that warfare existed and reached a peak in big game hunting societies. As the big game disappeared, so did warfare—only to reemerge once agricultural societies achieved a degree of political complexity that allowed the development of professional military organizations. Otterbein concludes his survey with an analysis of how despotism in both ancient and modern states spawns warfare. A definitive resource for anthropologists, social scientists and historians, How War Began is written for all who are interested in warfare and individuals who seek to understand the past and the present of humankind.
Author : I. B. Holley, Jr.
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 239 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1998-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780788148606
Given the enormous destructive capacity of precision weapons in the modern era and the inherent vulnerabilities of modern society to high technology attack, this book is more relevant today than when it was first written in the midst of the nuclear age, in 1953. Remaining one of the finest texts ever written on the history of warfare and weapons acquisition, this is a thorough and reliable work that should be a standard reference for acquisition managers and decision-makers, providing a guide to informed decision-making that reflects the experience and lessons of the past. Bibliographical notes. Index.
Author : United States Department of the Army
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 78 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211203026
Author : R. Harkavy,S. Neuman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137079268
This book is designed to help the reader better understand the conduct of war by focusing on the 'how' not the 'why' of warfare. It examines a number of crucial dimensions of contemporary armed conflict such as: the strategies, operations, tactics, doctrines and weapons of conventional and low-intensity war; military geography; the cultural underpinnings of strategies and tactics; arms resupply, security assistance, and foreign intervention.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 604 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951D00150403W
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Author : Beau Grosscup
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781848137844
Presenting a global history of aerial bombardment, this book shows how certain European powers initiated aerial bombardment of civilians after World War I, and how it was an instrument of choice in World War II. Beau Grosscup shows that such methods, used initially as a means of terrorizing native populations in Africa and the Middle East, have become the primary form of terrorism in more recent decades. While such 'strategic terror' is not classed as 'terrorism' in the West, this reflects an unwillingness to confront the human costs and immorality of aerial bombardment. Grosscup argues that if terrorism is to be diminished, the role of aerial bombing in sustaining global violence must be recognized.
Author : Kenneth Finlayson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001-07-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780313074172
Faced with severe budgetary constraints, a radically reduced force structure, and a crippling intellectual dogmatism, the American Infantry struggled throughout the interwar years to modernize its doctrine. Finlayson examines these difficulties, beginning with an overview of the experiences of the primary combatants of the First World War, comparing their battlefield doctrines with that of the American Expeditionary Force. The brief American appearance on the battlefield did much to shape the convictions of those men assigned the task of developing doctrine after the war. The findings of the post-World War I Superior Board provide valuable insight into how institutional conservatism and the dogmatic approach to new ideas that existed among senior Army leaders stymied possible doctrinal advances. The Army would suffer greatly in the post-war demobilization and the subsequent ravages of the Great Depression. With little money and few soldiers spread around far-flung posts, little advancement in terms of doctrinal development was possible. As the likelihood of war became more imminent in the 1930s, a concerted effort to modernize was made; however, the magnitude of the task made success virtually impossible-a situation that was evident in the Infantry's poor performance in the early battles of the war. The U.S. entry into World war II would, unfortunately, find the infantry branch only partially prepared for the battle field of 1942.
Author : Richard K. Betts
Publisher : Brookings Institution Press
Page : 644 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 0815709315
The cruise missile is the principal innovation in U.S. weaponry in the early 1980s. Because it is inexpensive and versatile, it is likely to be used for a wide range of military missions. At the same time, it has become a delicate issue in arms control and alliance politics. Although cruise missile programs are among the most dynamic elements in the U.S. defense buildup, their consequences have not been fully appreciated. This book assesses the complex set of technological, budgetary, strategic, diplomatic, and political implications of this new weapon as a contribution to public understanding of its pervasive influence on diplomacy and military affairs. Cruise missile technology and development programs are dealt with in chapters by John C. Toomay; Godron MacDonald, Jack Ruina, and Mark Balaschak; Ron Huisken; and John C. Baker. Military uses and arm control implications are discussed by Bruce Bennett and James Foster; Roger H. Palin; Richard Burt; Michael MccGwire; George H. Quester; and William H. Kinkade. Diplomatic and national political questions are analyzed by Raymond L. Garthoff; Robert J. Art and Stephen E. Ockenden; Gregory F. Treverton; Lawrence D. Freedman; and Catherine McArdle Kelleher.
Author : Brian James Given
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 0886292239
The author challenges the myth of trade dependence which has pervaded histories of this period, by proving the superiority of native weapons over matchlock muskets. A fascinating argument on a contentious ethno-historical issue.
Author : John France
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 655 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300177442
A major new history of war that challenges our understanding of military dominance and how it is achieved
Author : David La Vere
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1603445528
Stories in the book are by or about the Indians of Texas after they settled in Indian Territory.
Author : James Turner Johnson
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-07-14
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781400855568
In this volume, a sequel to Ideology, Reason, and the Limitation of War, James Turner Johnson continues his reconstruction of the history of just war tradition by analyzing significant individual thinkers, concepts, and events that influenced its development from the mid-eighteenth century to the present. Originally published in 1981. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.