Battling the Elements

Weather and Terrain in the Conduct of War
Revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-8018-6648-7
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press

Buch, Englisch, 336 Seiten, Format (B × H): 172 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 635 g

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 battles that highlight its effects on military operations. As this cogent analysis of geography and war makes clear, those who know more about the shape, nature, and variability of battleground conditions will always have a better understanding of the nature of combat and at least one significant advantage over a less knowledgeable enemy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Winters, Harold A

Weitere Mitwirkende

Galloway Jr., Gerald A.

Reynolds, William J.

Rhyne, David W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Storms, Fair Weather, and Chance
Chapter 2. Too Much and Too Wet
Chapter 3. Clouds and Fog
Chapter 4. Invading Another Climate as Seasons Change
Chapter 5. Forests and Jungles
Chapter 6. Terrains and Corridors
Chapter 7. Troubled Waters
Chapter 8. Glaciers Shape the Land
Chapter 9. Peninsulas and Sea Coasts
Chapter 10. Island Battles
Chapter 11. Hot, Wet, and Sick
Chapter 12. Heat, Rock, and Sand

Über Autor(innen)

Winters, Harold A
Harold A. Winters is a professor emeritus of geography at Michigan State University.

Rhyne, David W.
David W. Rhyne, a retired lieutenant colonel, teaches at Stonewall Jackson Middle School in Hanover County, Virginia.

Galloway Jr., Gerald A.
Gerald E. Galloway Jr., who retired as a brigadier general after serving thirty-nine years in the U.S. army, is secretary for the U.S. Section of the International Joint Committee.

Reynolds, William J.
William J. Reynolds, a retired colonel and Vietnam veteran, is northwest regional manager for Science Applications International Corporation.

Harold A. Winters is a professor emeritus of geography at Michigan State University. Gerald E. Galloway Jr., who retired as a brigadier general after serving thirty-nine years in the U.S. army, is secretary for the U.S. Section of the International Joint Committee. William J. Reynolds, a retired colonel and Vietnam veteran, is northwest regional manager for Science Applications International Corporation. David W. Rhyne, a retired lieutenant colonel, teaches at Stonewall Jackson Middle School in Hanover County, Virginia.