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Title: Crossing the Deadly Ground
Subtitle: United States Army Tactics, 1865-1899
Author: Perry D. Jamieson
Narrator: Roger Wood
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-09-16
Publisher: University Press Audiobooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: History, Military
Publisher's Summary:
Weapons improved rapidly after the Civil War, raising difficult questions about the battle tactics employed by the United States Army. The most fundamental problem was the dominance of the tactical defensive, when defenders protected by fieldworks could deliver deadly fire from rifles and artillery against attackers advancing in close-ordered lines. The vulnerability of these offensive forces as they crossed the so-called "deadly ground" in front of defensive positions was even greater with the improvement of armaments after the Civil War.
Critic Reviews:
"No other study approaches this subject so expertly." (Journal of Southern History)
"An excellent history of the period, one frequently neglected in the literature of the military history field." (Academic Library Book Review)
"An informative and stimulating work that should serve as the definitive word on this subject for some time to come." (Journal of Military History)
Members Reviews:
US Army enter the world of modern combat
Jamieson, et al. have done a very good job of trying to come to grips with the one of the hottest topics in military histroy - the way that armies in the late 19th Century attempted to cope with technological innovation and newer, more destructive weapons. Additionally they cover that most peculiarly American of all military campaigns, the Indian Wars, with an intelligence and incisiveness that I have not seen anywhere else - forget about the glorious charges of the Saturday matinee! My only gripe with this book is that it relies too heavily on letting the factual material speak for itself. A greater degree on analysis would have made the book longer, but it would have made it better too. Overall, it is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the revolution in military affairs which was taking place at the time, and it serves as a reminder at our own 'fin de siecle', about the continuing need for new ideas in military tactics.
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Title: Crossing the Deadly Ground
Subtitle: United States Army Tactics, 1865-1899
Author: Perry D. Jamieson
Narrator: Roger Wood
Format: Unabridged
Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
Language: English
Release date: 02-09-16
Publisher: University Press Audiobooks
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: History, Military
Publisher's Summary:
Weapons improved rapidly after the Civil War, raising difficult questions about the battle tactics employed by the United States Army. The most fundamental problem was the dominance of the tactical defensive, when defenders protected by fieldworks could deliver deadly fire from rifles and artillery against attackers advancing in close-ordered lines. The vulnerability of these offensive forces as they crossed the so-called "deadly ground" in front of defensive positions was even greater with the improvement of armaments after the Civil War.
Critic Reviews:
"No other study approaches this subject so expertly." (Journal of Southern History)
"An excellent history of the period, one frequently neglected in the literature of the military history field." (Academic Library Book Review)
"An informative and stimulating work that should serve as the definitive word on this subject for some time to come." (Journal of Military History)
Members Reviews:
US Army enter the world of modern combat
Jamieson, et al. have done a very good job of trying to come to grips with the one of the hottest topics in military histroy - the way that armies in the late 19th Century attempted to cope with technological innovation and newer, more destructive weapons. Additionally they cover that most peculiarly American of all military campaigns, the Indian Wars, with an intelligence and incisiveness that I have not seen anywhere else - forget about the glorious charges of the Saturday matinee! My only gripe with this book is that it relies too heavily on letting the factual material speak for itself. A greater degree on analysis would have made the book longer, but it would have made it better too. Overall, it is a welcome addition to the growing literature on the revolution in military affairs which was taking place at the time, and it serves as a reminder at our own 'fin de siecle', about the continuing need for new ideas in military tactics.