The first entry in a new military reference series produced in collaboration with the Army Times Publishing Company. Colonel Morelock covers 130 years of ground combat, ranging in scope from quick strikes involving tens of thousands to epic campaigns involving millions, and examines the historic significance of each battle as well as the military strategies. Maps and photos.
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From Publishers Weekly
Morelock, a career soldier and military historian, surveys 14 major battles fought between 1860 and 1991. His choices are conventional, e.g., Gettysburg and Chickamauga, Port Arthur, Verdun, Stalingrad. Each chapter begins with a human-interest vignette, such as Prussian troops spontaneously holding their fire as the defeated French "leave the field of death unmolested." The author then discusses the weapons and tactics of the combatants, the diplomatic and operational background of the conflict and the battle itself. Eschewing the soldier's perspective, Morelock instead analyzes command decisions and their consequences. He offers neither original research nor fresh interpretations. Nevertheless, readers seeking clear summaries of modern-era combat will be well served by this unpretentious work.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
Although this work is a popular history, it is more thoughtful than most. Morelock, who was a commander in Vietnam and has served with NATO and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, likes leadership and organization as much as tactics and concentrates on the balance and use of forces in each conflict. The historical context of each of the 14 battles is nicely presented, sometimes in surprising depth, and each chapter includes an absorbing discussion of the weaponry involved. A nice touch is the brief action vignette that precedes each section. Morelock's choice of battles is reasonable, but the book is almost too brief for its aims, and some campaigns are merely touched upon. As is typical of army analysis, each combat description tends to degenerate into an alphabet soup of units scurrying about the battlefield. Although the maps provided help a great deal, there are none too many for a book of this nature. Recommended to public and school collections.
Raymond L. Puffer, U.S. Air Force History Prog., Edwards AFB, Cal.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Raymond L. Puffer, U.S. Air Force History Prog., Edwards AFB, Cal.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A good military read.,
This review is from: Army Times Book of Great Land Battles (Paperback)
A must read for history students or buffs. Going through 150 years of wafrom the Civil war to the Gulf. Each war written in conscise chapters that leave out much of the fluff and none of the detail. This book taught me about wars I never knew happened. This is one of the best Military History books I have read.
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