Author: George Alfred Henty
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Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 474
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The American Monthly Review of Reviews
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 796
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 796
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American Monthly Review of Reviews
Author: Albert Shaw
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Category : Periodicals, English
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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Category : Periodicals, English
Languages : en
Pages : 944
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The American Monthly Review of Reviews
Author: Albert Shaw
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Category : Periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 802
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Peerage Law in England
Author: Francis Beaufort Palmer
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Category : Nobility
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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Category : Nobility
Languages : en
Pages : 378
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The Monthly Army List
Author: Great Britain. Army
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Category : Retired military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 2338
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Category : Retired military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 2338
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The True History of War
Author: Great Britain. War Office
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Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Category : South African War, 1899-1902
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Doctrine and Reform in the British Cavalry 1880–1918
Author: Stephen Badsey
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351943189
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
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A prevalent view among historians is that both horsed cavalry and the cavalry charge became obviously obsolete in the second half of the nineteenth century in the face of increased infantry and artillery firepower, and that officers of the cavalry clung to both for reasons of prestige and stupidity. It is this view, commonly held but rarely supported by sustained research, that this book challenges. It shows that the achievements of British and Empire cavalry in the First World War, although controversial, are sufficient to contradict the argument that belief in the cavalry was evidence of military incompetence. It offers a case study of how in reality a practical military doctrine for the cavalry was developed and modified over several decades, influenced by wider defence plans and spending, by the experience of combat, by Army politics, and by the rivalries of senior officers. Debate as to how the cavalry was to adjust its tactics in the face of increased infantry and artillery firepower began in the mid nineteenth century, when the increasing size of armies meant a greater need for mobile troops. The cavalry problem was how to deal with a gap in the evolution of warfare between the mass armies of the later nineteenth century and the motorised firepower of the mid twentieth century, an issue that is closely connected with the origins of the deadlock on the Western Front. Tracing this debate, this book shows how, despite serious attempts to ’learn from history’, both European-style wars and colonial wars produced ambiguous or disputed evidence as to the future of cavalry, and doctrine was largely a matter of what appeared practical at the time.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351943189
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 399
Book Description
A prevalent view among historians is that both horsed cavalry and the cavalry charge became obviously obsolete in the second half of the nineteenth century in the face of increased infantry and artillery firepower, and that officers of the cavalry clung to both for reasons of prestige and stupidity. It is this view, commonly held but rarely supported by sustained research, that this book challenges. It shows that the achievements of British and Empire cavalry in the First World War, although controversial, are sufficient to contradict the argument that belief in the cavalry was evidence of military incompetence. It offers a case study of how in reality a practical military doctrine for the cavalry was developed and modified over several decades, influenced by wider defence plans and spending, by the experience of combat, by Army politics, and by the rivalries of senior officers. Debate as to how the cavalry was to adjust its tactics in the face of increased infantry and artillery firepower began in the mid nineteenth century, when the increasing size of armies meant a greater need for mobile troops. The cavalry problem was how to deal with a gap in the evolution of warfare between the mass armies of the later nineteenth century and the motorised firepower of the mid twentieth century, an issue that is closely connected with the origins of the deadlock on the Western Front. Tracing this debate, this book shows how, despite serious attempts to ’learn from history’, both European-style wars and colonial wars produced ambiguous or disputed evidence as to the future of cavalry, and doctrine was largely a matter of what appeared practical at the time.
Reports on Military Operations in South Africa and China
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Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 666
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Reports on Military Operations in South Africa and China
Author: United States. Adjutant-General's Office. Military Information Division
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Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Category : Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 650
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Reports on Military Operations in South Africa and China, July 1901
Author: United States Military Information Division. War Department
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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