Mounted Warriors: From Alexander the Great and Cromwell to Stuart, Sheridan, and Custer

by Gene Smith and Gene Smith

Book Overview

Men, Horses, and All Kinds of Weapons

It may startle some people to remember that, little more than a century ago, the horse was not only humanity's primary means of swift transportation, it was also a major participant in warfare. For more than four thousand years, men mounted horses and galloped at one another in large numbers, wielding clubs, axes, lances, swords, bows and arrows, pistols, rifles, and more. They charged into swarms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0471783323
• ISBN13: 9780471783329
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Trade Paper Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.3"