Crossing the Deadly Ground: United States Army Tactics, 1865–1899
Autor Perry D. Jamiesonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 mar 2004
Attempts to answer difficult questions about battle tactics employed by the United States Army
Weapons improved rapidly after the Civil War, raising difficult questions about the battle tactics employed by the United States Army. The most fundamental problem was the dominance of the tactical defensive, when defenders protected by fieldworks could deliver deadly fire from rifles and artillery against attackers advancing in close-ordered lines. The vulnerability of these offensive forces as they crossed the so-called "deadly ground" in front of defensive positions was even greater with the improvement of armaments after the Civil War.
Weapons improved rapidly after the Civil War, raising difficult questions about the battle tactics employed by the United States Army. The most fundamental problem was the dominance of the tactical defensive, when defenders protected by fieldworks could deliver deadly fire from rifles and artillery against attackers advancing in close-ordered lines. The vulnerability of these offensive forces as they crossed the so-called "deadly ground" in front of defensive positions was even greater with the improvement of armaments after the Civil War.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780817350888
ISBN-10: 0817350888
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:2
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press
ISBN-10: 0817350888
Pagini: 248
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:2
Editura: University Of Alabama Press
Colecția University Alabama Press
Notă biografică
Perry D. Jamieson is a historian for the United States Air Force. He is the coauthor, with Grady McWhiney, of Attack and Die: Civil War Military Tactics and the Southern Heritage.
Recenzii
“No other study approaches this subject so expertly.”
—Journal of Southern History
“Jamieson fills a gap in the tactical history of the US Army from the end of the Civil War through the Spanish-American War. He unfolds how an army spread out on frontier posts, [and] largely preoccupied with warfare against the native peoples, Reconstruction, and daily routine, nevertheless made progress toward a system of tactics to take it into the twentieth century.”
—Civil War History
“An excellent history of the period, one frequently neglected in the literature of the military history field.”
—Academic Library Book Review
“An informative and stimulating work that should serve as the definitive word on this subject for some time to come.”
—Journal of Military History
—Journal of Southern History
“Jamieson fills a gap in the tactical history of the US Army from the end of the Civil War through the Spanish-American War. He unfolds how an army spread out on frontier posts, [and] largely preoccupied with warfare against the native peoples, Reconstruction, and daily routine, nevertheless made progress toward a system of tactics to take it into the twentieth century.”
—Civil War History
“An excellent history of the period, one frequently neglected in the literature of the military history field.”
—Academic Library Book Review
“An informative and stimulating work that should serve as the definitive word on this subject for some time to come.”
—Journal of Military History
Descriere
Attempts to answer difficult questions about battle tactics employed by the United States Army