Battling the Elements Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War

Name: Battling the Elements Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War
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ISBN: 9780801866487

ISBN-10: 0801866480

ISBN-13: 9780801866487

Edition: N/A

Authors: Harold A. Winters, Gerald A. Galloway, William J. Reynolds, David W. Rhyne, Gerald A. Galloway

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Throughout history, from Kublai Khan's attempted invasions of Japan to Rommel's desert warfare, military operations have succeeded or failed on the ability of commanders to incorporate environmental conditions into their tactics. In Battling the Elements, geographer Harold A. Winters and former U.S. Army officers Gerald E. Galloway Jr., William J. Reynolds, and David W. Rhyne, examine the connections between major battles in world history and their geographic components, revealing what role factors such as weather, climate, terrain, soil, and vegetation have played in combat. Each chapter offers a detailed and engaging explanation of a specific environmental factor and then looks at several…

Book details

List price: $32.00
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication date: 3/21/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 8.07" wide x 9.88" long x 0.88" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English




Storms, Fair Weather, and Chance




Too Much and Too Wet The Civil War Mud March and Flander's Fields



Clouds and Fog The Bulge and Khe Sanh



Invading Another Climate as Seasons Change




Forests and Jungles The Wilderness and the Ia Drang Valley



Terrains and Corridors The American Civil War's Eastern Theater and World War I Verdun



Troubled Waters River Crossings at Arnhem and Remagen



Glaciers Shape the Land Alpine Fighting and the Road to Moscow



Peninsulas and Sea Coasts




Island




Hot, Wet, and Sick New Guinea




Heat, Rock, and Sand The Western Desert and the Sinai