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From horses to horsepower : the mechanization and demise of the U.S. Cavalry, 1916-1950

Title
From horses to horsepower : the mechanization and demise of the U.S. Cavalry, 1916-1950 / Alexander Bielakowski.
Author
Bielakowski, Alexander M.
Publication
  • [Stroud, England?] : Fonthill, 2019.
  • ©2019.

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Description
207 pages : illustrations, portraits; 26 cm
Summary
"Following World War I, horse cavalry entered a period during which it fought for its very existence against mechanized vehicles. On the Western Front, the stalemate of trench warfare became the defining image of the war throughout the world. While horse cavalry remained idle in France, the invention of the tank and its potential for success led many non-cavalry officers to accept the notion that the era of horse cavalry had passed. During the interwar period, a struggle raged within the U.S. Cavalry regarding its future role, equipment, and organization. Some cavalry officers argued that mechanized vehicles supplanted horses as the primary means of combat mobility within the cavalry, while others believed that the horse continued to occupy that role. The response of prominent cavalry officers to this struggle influenced the form and function of the U.S. Cavalry during World War II. From Horses to Horsepower documents the decline of the use of equine regiments and the rise of mechanized units in the U.S. Army." -- Inside jacket cover.
Subject
  • Chaffee, Adna Romanza, 1884-1941
  • Hawkins, Hamilton Smith, 1872-1950
  • Henry, Guy V. 1875-1967
  • Herr, John K
  • Kromer, Leon B. 1876-1966
  • Patton, George S. 1885-1945
  • Van Voorhis, Daniel, 1878-1956
  • Chaffee, Adna Romanza, 1884-1941
  • Patton, George S. 1885-1945
  • United States. Army. Cavalry > History > 20th century
  • United States. Army > Armored troops > History > 20th century
  • United States. Army. Cavalry > Reorganization > History > 20th century
  • United States. Army > History > Punitive Expedition into Mexico, 1916
  • United States. Army
  • United States. Army. Cavalry
  • 1900-1999
  • Mechanization, Military > United States > History > 20th century
  • War horses > United States > History > 20th century
  • World War, 1914-1918 > United States > Cavalry > History
  • World War, 1939-1945 > United States > Cavalry > History
  • Horses
  • Cavalry
  • Horses
  • cavalries
  • Mechanization, Military
  • War horses
  • Armed Forces > Armored troops
  • Cavalry
  • Armed Forces > Reorganization
  • Mexico
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-207).
Contents
U.S. Cavalry in the Mexican Punitive Expedition and World War I -- mechanization in the interwar U.S. Cavalry -- "Traditionalist": proponents of the horse -- "Modernizers": proponents of mechanization -- "Pragmatists": attitudes among the army's future leaders -- "Compromiser": Patton's approach to mechanization -- U.S. Cavalry in World War II and the post-war U.S. Army.
ISBN
  • 1781557217
  • 9781781557211
OCLC
  • on1049819830
  • 1049819830
  • SCSB-9837257
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library