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Through mobility we conquer : the mechanization of U.S. Cavalry /
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 th...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Ky. :
University Press of Kentucky,
©2006.
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| Series: | UPSO - University Press of Kentucky E-Books.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of 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.