The United States Cavalry : An Illustrated History, 1776-1944

The United States Cavalry: An Illustrated History КНИГИ ;ВОЕННАЯ ИСТОРИЯ Издательство: University of Oklahoma PressАвтор(ы): Gregory J. W. UrwinЯзык: EnglishГод издания: 2003Количество страниц: 193ISBN: 0-8061-3475-5Формат: pdf OCRРазмер: 23.3 mb RAPIDили IFOLDER 85 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 republics 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 Custers 7th Cavalry Regiment. Urwin concludes with descriptions of General John J. Pershings 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. "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"--Jacket Contents......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 1 The Continental Light Dragoons, 1776–83......Page 10 2 Experiments, Expedients and Half-Measures, 1784–1815......Page 31 3 The Birth of the U.S. Cavalry, 1832–6......Page 51 4 In the Vanguard for Manifest Destiny, 1836–48......Page 65 5 Skirting the Whirlwind, 1848–61......Page 91 6 A Terrible Golden Age, 1861–5......Page 108 7 Policing the Plains, 1865–90......Page 135 8 Fighting for Empire, 1890–1918......Page 165 9 Requiem for the Horse Cavalry, 1918–44......Page 182 Select Bibliography......Page 189 Picture Credits......Page 190 C......Page 191 R......Page 192 Y......Page 193 Originally published: Poole, Dorset : Blandford Press, 1983.