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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Brent Nosworthy |
| ISBN: | 0786715634 9780786715633 |
| OCLC Number: | 60860501 |
| Description: | xiv, 752 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Is the study of fighting methods meaningful? -- Advances in small arms, 1830-59 -- Developments in tactical doctrine, 1843-59 -- Artillery prior to the Civil War -- The reaction of the American military to European developments -- The development of the Ironclad, 1810-61 -- The crisis erupts -- The initial training effort -- Artillery and Ironclads at the beginning of the war -- Arming the infantry -- Unpreparedness : Bull Run and its aftermath -- The reality of the battlefield -- Life during the campaign -- The psychological basis of tactics -- Infantry doctrine -- Cavalry : the beginning -- Fighting in the West -- Irregular troops and guerrilla warfare -- River and coastal warfare -- Developments during the war -- Grand tactics during the Civil War -- American artillery doctrine -- Artillery in practice -- Artillery developments during the war -- Cavalry developments during the war -- Field fortifications -- Fighting in the wilderness -- The appearance of hasty entrenchments -- The advent of trench warfare -- The effectiveness of the rifle musket -- The bayonet : myth and utility -- Breechloaders and repeaters : the debate continues -- Tactical developments in European warfare, 1859-17 -- Conclusion. |
| Responsibility: | Brent Nosworthy. |
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