Through Mobility We Conquer: The Mechanization of U.S. Cavalry

by George F. Hofmann

The U.S. Cavalry, which began in the nineteenth century as little more than a mounted reconnaissance and harrying force, underwent intense growing pains with the rapid technological developments of the twentieth century. From its tentative beginnings during World War I, the eventual conversion of the traditional horse cavalry to a mechanized branch is arguably one of the greatest military transformations in history. Through Mobility We Conquer recounts...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813124034
• ISBN13: 9780813124032
• Release Date: July 2006
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 600 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.5" x 9.2"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher