An examination of modern warfare. Sir Frank Kitson examines the
availabilty of nuclear weapons, the re-thinking of the
battlefield, the need of the British Army to fight a full scale
armoured battle, whilst also operating in a counter-insurgency
role. This is an interesting treatise seen from the point of view
of the late 1980s, prior fall of the Soviet Union, the first
Coalition war with Iraq and the War on Terror
An extensively illustrated study on the use of Cavalry in World
War II. Horses were used on the Russian Front by both German and
Soviet Armies. German Cavalry units also took part in the 1940
French Campaign. There was a British Cavalry Division in the
Middle East, and Bulgaria, Finland, France, Hungary, Japan, Italy,
Poland and Rumania also had cavalry units. Includes accounts of
major Cavalry battles as well as numerous photographs illustrating
the men and their mounts, their equipment and training, and many
of the actions in which they fought.
