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Analyzes the people and personalities involved in the US Cavalry's conversion from horses to machines. This book examines the views of famous men such as George S Patton, Jr, Lesley J McNair, George C Marshall, and Adna R Chaffee, Jr.

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"A coherent, intelligent study of the cavalry branch's flawed efforts to grapple with the problems of mechanization during the interwar period. It will make a major contribution to the literature on innovation during this period." - Dr. Williamson Murray, Ohio State University"

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Lessons of World War I: Realization to Implementation
Chapter 2: The 1930s
Chapter 3: The Big Maneuvers and War
Chapter 4: War in the Mediterranean
Chapter 5: D-Day to VE-Day: Cavalry Groups across Europe
Chapter 6: The Last Cavalry War
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

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      Publisher: Cornell University Press
      Publication Date: 04/05/2009
      ISBN13: 9780875803975, 978-0875803975
      ISBN10: 0875803970
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      Second World War

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Analyzes the people and personalities involved in the US Cavalry's conversion from horses to machines. This book examines the views of famous men such as George S Patton, Jr, Lesley J McNair, George C Marshall, and Adna R Chaffee, Jr.

      Trade Review
      "A coherent, intelligent study of the cavalry branch's flawed efforts to grapple with the problems of mechanization during the interwar period. It will make a major contribution to the literature on innovation during this period." - Dr. Williamson Murray, Ohio State University"

      Table of Contents

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments
      Abbreviations
      Introduction
      Chapter 1: The Lessons of World War I: Realization to Implementation
      Chapter 2: The 1930s
      Chapter 3: The Big Maneuvers and War
      Chapter 4: War in the Mediterranean
      Chapter 5: D-Day to VE-Day: Cavalry Groups across Europe
      Chapter 6: The Last Cavalry War
      Conclusion
      Notes
      Selected Bibliography
      Index

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