Cavalry from hoof to track /
Author / Creator: | Jarymowycz, Roman Johann, 1945- |
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Imprint: | Westport, Conn. : Praeger Security International, 2008. |
Description: | xx, 276 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | War, technology, and history, 1556-4924 |
Subject: | |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6659409 |
Summary: | For centuries, mounted cavalry dominated the battlefield through shock and mobility. Man maintained a symbiotic relationship with the horse, which became particularly sacrosanct on the battlefield and even created a new, exalted social class. These mounted warriors sought to preserve their prestige despite the advent of new technologies threatening to render them obsolete. In Cavalry from Hoof to Track , Roman Jarymowycz traces the evolution of the cavalry from the warhorse to the armored tank and demonstrates how its survival is a history of determined and creative responses to the changing dynamics of modern warfare. Ultimately, he argues, the very concept of cavalry exists as its own state of mind. |
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Physical Description: | xx, 276 p., [15] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-266) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780275987268 (alk. paper) 0275987264 (alk. paper) |