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Sand, Science, and the Civil War : Sedimentary Geology and Combat /
"The influence of sedimentary geology on the strategy, combat, and tactics of the American Civil War is a subject that has been neglected by military historians. Sedimentary geology influenced everything from the nature of the landscape (flat vs. rolling terrain) to the effectiveness of the wea...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens :
The University of Georgia Press,
2023.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Sedimentary Geology and Warfare
- Sediments and Conflict
- The Coevolution of Military and Geological Sciences
- Killing at Range: Artillery and Geomorphology
- Geology and Protection: Fortifications
- Part II. Hard Rocks and High Ground: The Piedmont and Valley and Ridge
- Durable Rocks and Defensive Stands
- Killer Carbonates
- Battling in the Basins
- Sedimentary Geology and Logistics
- Part III. Soft Rocks and Shovels: Conflict on the Coastal Plain
- A River Runs Through It: Flowing Water and Dissected Terrain
- Burnside and the Bluffs
- Sediments and Morale
- Part IV. Muddy Meanders of the Mississippi
- Geology of the Father of Waters
- The Vicksburg Campaign: Grant Does More with Loess
- Part V. To Take the Coasts
- Protecting the Shoreline
- The Education of Quincy Gillmore
- The Strength of Sand
- Gibraltar of the South
- Part VI. The Legacy of Sedimentary Geology and the Civil War
- Sedimentary Geology as a Tool for History
- The Fate of the Fortifications
- Lessons Learned for Future Conflict.