Men on Iron Ponies: The Death and Rebirth of the Modern U.S. Cavalry
Author:   Matthew Darlington Morton
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
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9780875803975


Pages:   300
Publication Date:   04 May 2009
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Matthew Darlington Morton
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Northern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.907kg
ISBN:  

9780875803975


ISBN 10:   0875803970
Pages:   300
Publication Date:   04 May 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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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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"""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"""


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


""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""


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Matthew Darlington Morton is a colonel in the United States Army. He earned his PhD at Florida State University before teaching military history at West Point, instructing at the Marshall Center, and serving as senior research fellow for the Army Chief of Staff's Iraq Study Group. Colonel Morton is currently a member of the United States Army War College faculty at Carlisle Barracks.

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