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Отличная книга, посвященная истории кавалерийских частей армии США. Издание богато иллюстрировано и содержит большое количество рисунков и фотографий, а также 32 цветных планшета с униформой кавалеристов разных лет.
Аннотация издательства:
With color and verve, Gregory J. W. Urwin presents the history of the mounted forces of the United States. He combines combat reports, personality profiles, and political and social overviews to present a complete picture of a bygone era extending from the Revolutionary War well into the twentieth century. For more than a century, the U.S. Cavalry played a prominent role in American military conflicts, serving as both a frontier police force and as a major combat arm in the republic’s conventional wars. Urwin begins his story in New York City in 1776 with the Continental Light Dragoons and continues it through the days of the "pony soldiers" of the western plains, including detailed coverage of Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer’s 7th Cavalry Regiment. Urwin concludes with descriptions of General John J. Pershing’s 1916 Punitive Expedition into Mexico and the exploits of the 26th U.S. Cavalry, the only United States mounted outfit to see combat in World War II, during the defense of the Philippines in 1941-42.
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Preface ..... 7
1. The Continental Light Dragoons, 1776-83 ..... 9
2. Experiments, Expedients and Half-Measures, 1784-1815 ..... 30
3. The Birth of the U.S. Cavalry, 1832-6 ..... 50
4. In the Vanguard for Manifest Destiny, 1836-48 ..... 64
5. Skirting the Whirlwind, 1848-61 .... 90
6. A Terrible Golden Age, 1861-5 ..... 107
7. Policing the Plains, 1865-90 ..... 134
8. Fighting for Empire, 1890-1918 ..... 164
9. Requiem for the Horse Cavalry, 1918-44 ..... 181
Select Bibliography ..... 188
Picture Credits ..... 189
Index ..... 190
Название: The United States Cavalry: An Illustrated History, 1776-1944
Год выпуска: 2003
Автор: Gregory J. W. Urwin, Ernest Lisle Reedstrom (художник)
Жанр: Военная история, Униформология
Издательство: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0-8061-3475-5
Формат: PDF
Качество: Отсканированные страницы
Количество страниц: 193
Язык: Английский
Файл: 23,3 МБ
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