Warfare in Woods and Forests

Informationen zum Autor Anthony Clayton. Foreword by General Charles Guthrie Klappentext These events involve Roman soldiers in Germany 2,000 years ago; North Americans in 18th- and 19th-century conflicts; invaders of Russia in 1812 and 1941; British, French, and Americans in France in 1916 and 1918; Americans in the Hürtgen Forest in 1944; and modern-day Russian soldiers in Chechnya. Zusammenfassung Describes over 2,000 years of warfare in woods and forest Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by General Charles Guthrie, former Chief of Defence Staff (UK) Preface 1. Introduction 2. Warfare before Firearms 3. Early Modern Warfare 1500-1713 4. The Eighteenth Century. New Irregular Challenges 5. 1815-1914 Towards Later Modern Warfare 6. The First World War 1914-1917 7. The First World War 1918 8. The Second World War 1939-1945 9. Post 1945 and Conclusion Select Bibliography Index

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Clayton, Clayton Anthony
• Assisted by: Anthony Clayton (Editor), Foreword by General Charles Guthrie Anth (Editor)
• Publisher: Indiana University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.12.2011
• EAN: 9780253356888
• ISBN: 978-0-253-35688-8
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration