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Steeds of Steel: A History of American Mechanized Cavalry in World War II

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"Steeds of Steel" is an excellent follow up to Mr. Yeide's other books about the US Army in World War 2. Here he looks at the US Cavalry and how it adapted (sometimes unwillingly) to modern mechanized combat. The Cavalry troopers served as the eyes and ears of the army. They explored terrain, found the enemy, patrolled, attacked, and defended. Yeide's book looks not only at the history of the mechanized cavalry but tells many stories of the troopers in action, their training, their successes and failures in the field. Well written, well researched amd easy to read this book belongs on the shelf for anybody interested in WW2 or mechanized combat.

STEEDS OF STEEL: A HISTORY OF AMERICAN MECHANIZED CAVALRY IN WORLD WAR II provides an in-depth review of the 1941 new 'mechanized cavalrymen' whose role would change the modern battlefield's approach. Such cavalrymen fought in tanks, armored cars and jeeps: after-action reports, combat records, personal recollections and more are compiled to reveal how these troops operated and why their actions were revolutionary.

Diane C. Donovan
California Bookwatch

Having been an Armored Cavalry officer in the 1980s, I am very interested in the history of Cavalry. This book explains how many of the conventions and proceedures of modern era Cavalry originated. Yeide states that representative narratives are given for the various levels and organizations of U.S. Army reconniasances forces in World War Two. This means that the book is short(276 pages) and enjoyable. History is made by people. Yeide gives the technical information from Tables of Organization and Equipment, but he concentrates on the story's of the Cavalrymen of World War Two.

Yeide's works consist of a brief history of the development of the doctrine and organization of the subject arms, and then he fills his books out with stories and observations taken from after action reports. This is true w STEEDS OF STEEL as well as his works about TD's and independent tank Bns. I like Yeide's work, and will continue to buy his books.

I couldn't get this book from the first source I checked, so was pleased
to see that it was listed with Amazon. Book came promptly, was in excellent shape,
and, still better, gave me information about my uncle's WWII unit and their
campaign in France....something more for my genealogy research.