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Through Mobility We Conquer: The Mechanization of U.S. Cavalry Hardcover – July 3, 2006

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The U.S. Cavalry, which began in the nineteenth century as little more than a mounted reconnaissance and harrying force, underwent intense growing pains with the rapid technological developments of the twentieth century. From its tentative beginnings during World War I, the eventual conversion of the traditional horse cavalry to a mechanized branch is arguably one of the greatest military transformations in history. Through Mobility We Conquer recounts the evolution and development of the U.S. Army's modern mechanized cavalry and the doctrine necessary to use it effectively. The book also explores the debates over how best to use cavalry and how these discussions evolved during the first half of the century. During World War I, the first cavalry theorist proposed combining arms coordination with a mechanized force as an answer to the stalemate on the Western Front. Hofmann brings the story through the next fifty years, when a new breed of cavalrymen became cold war warriors as the U.S. Constabulary was established as an occupation security-police force. Having reviewed thousands of official records and manuals, military journals, personal papers, memoirs, and oral histories―many of which were only recently declassified―George F. Hofmann now presents a detailed study of the doctrine, equipment, structure, organization, tactics, and strategy of U.S. mechanized cavalry during the changing international dynamics of the first half of the twentieth century. Illustrated with dozens of photographs, maps, and charts, Through Mobility We Conquer examines how technology revolutionized U.S. forces in the twentieth century and demonstrates how perhaps no other branch of the military underwent greater changes during this time than the cavalry.

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"Winner of the LTG Richard Trefry Award given by the Army Historical Foundation."―

"Hofmann's book has several strengths, most notably depth of research...and breadth of information. He introduces and discusses a number of significant cavalry reformers who seldom appear in the historical record...If one is interested in the evolution of the United States cavalry and its doctrine during the interwar years and World War II, Through Mobility We Conquer is worth wading through."―Journal of America's Military Past

"Hofmann...was honored for his examination of the evolution of armor in the U.S. Army and the assimilation of cavalry into the armored force."―The Army Historical Foundation [Kaufmann won the LTG Richard G. Trefry Award

""Hofman provides an often fascinating insight into how the US Cavalry grappled with the problems of mechanization in the inter-war years.""―Australian Army Journal

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George F. Hofmann, history professor at the University of Cincinnati, served in the U.S. Army (Armor). He is the author of The Super Sixth: A History of the 6th Armored Division in World War II and Its Post-War Association and Cold War Casualty: The Court-Martial of Major General Robert W. Grow; and is coeditor (with Donn A. Starry) of Camp Colt to Desert Storm: The History of U.S. Armored Forces. General Donn A. Starry (Ret.) is the author of Mounted Combat in Vietnam and is the principal architect of the Air-Land Battle doctrine, which was used successfully in the Gulf War. He retired in 1983 after a distinguished military career, culminating as commander of the Armor Center and School at Fort Knox (1973-1976), the Fifth U.S. Corps in U.S. Army, Europe (1976-1977), the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (1977-1981), and the U.S. Readiness Command (1981-1983).

Hardcover: 600 pages
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky; Annotated edition edition (July 3, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0813124034
ISBN-13: 978-0813124032
Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 1.8 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 3 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,218,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Excellent on evolution of U.S. Army armored forces

ByW. D ONEILon October 21, 2016

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If you want a sound and engaging treatment of the evolution of armored forces in the U.S. Army up through the period immediately following World War Ii,, including organization, operational doctrine, and general trends in equipment, you cannot do better than this. As the subtitle indicates the focus is on mechanization of the cavalry arm, which were most of the action took place in the U.S. The interest is enhanced a great deal by perceptive portraits of many of the key officers, based in large measure on extensive interviews by officers who knew them as well as reading of their papers. Hofmann sees the story in human terms, not just as the interplay of grand impersonal forces.

This will prove pretty thin for those whose interest lies primarily in modelmaking or tactical gaming. On the other hand, anyone interested in gaming at the operational level will find much stimulus here.

Highly recommended overall.

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Intriguing account of an under-reported facet of WWII

ByRanger Garyon April 5, 2007

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I bought this for my dad, a veteran of the Second Armored Cavalry who fought through Europe with the unit where he received the first two of four combat wounds in his 25 year career. At age 90, he was thrilled to learn of the strategic background and military concepts which drove his world 60+ years ago. I read several portions of the book and found it well-written, with concise, clear prose. I was disappointed in the photo captions--they fell short of the much more professional tone of the text--and offered some commentary that seemed unwarranted--such as the combat effectiveness of the M-8 armored car which served well in its recon role (and soldiered on into the 60s and 70s in parts of the world). In all, a most excellent narrative of the little-known cavalry war.

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Best Work on the Subject!

ByAlexander Bielakowski, Ph.D.on October 14, 2007

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Through Mobility We Conquer is, to date, the most significant scholarly work to focus exclusively on mechanization in the U.S. Cavalry from World War I through the abolition of the branch following World War II. While the topic has been covered peripherally in other works, George F. Hofmann deserves credit for presenting the importance of cavalry mechanization so prominently. Hofmann, an Adjunct Associate Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati, is certainly one of the most appropriate individuals to write such a book, having previously written about the interwar period and other closely related topics. His previous books include: Super Sixth: The History of the 6th Armored Division in World War II (originally published in 1975; reprinted by Battery Press in 2000); Cold War Casualty: The Court-Martial of Major General Robert W. Grow (Kent State University Press, 1993); and Camp Colt to Desert Storm: The History of U.S. Armored Forces (University Press of Kentucky, 1999), which he co-edited with General Donn A. Starry.

Through Mobility We Conquer focuses on two closely related historical events - the creation of the Office of the Chief of Cavalry (created by the National Defense Act of 1920 along with parallel branch chiefs for the other combat arms) and the appointment, in 1938, of John K. Herr as Chief of Cavalry. Hofmann rightly acknowledges the harm that branch parochialism did to the process of mechanization. In particular, the rivalry between the cavalry and infantry led to neither branch perfecting the use of tanks (which, though prohibited to the cavalry by the National Defense Act of 1920, were nevertheless purchased and simply re-designated `combat cars') nor controlling their future after 1940 and the creation of the `Armored Force'. As regards Major General John K. Herr, I agree with Hofmann's general assessment and have no doubts that, had Adna R. Chaffee, Jr., Daniel Van Voorhis, or another pro-mechanization cavalry officer been appointed Chief of Cavalry in 1938, cavalry would remain the principal maneuver branch of the U.S. Army. Hofmann is also to be commended for his sections on J. Walter Christie (about whom he previously published an article in Military Affairs, the precursor of the Journal of Military History) and U.S. Constabulary.

Most of my criticisms of Through Mobility We Conquer are those of one specialist nitpicking the work of another specialist in the same field and, therefore, inappropriate to a public book review. Nevertheless, if I might be permitted a moment of vanity, Hofmann is to be appropriately criticized for his glaring bibliographic omission of one article and one dissertation (Bielakowski, Alexander M. "The Last Chief of Cavalry - Major General John K. Herr," Journal of America's Military Past 28:2 (Fall 2001), 67-82; and Bielakowski, Alexander M. U.S. Army Cavalry Officers and the Issue of Mechanization, 1920 to 1942. Ph.D. diss., Kansas State University, 2002). Otherwise, Hofmann's book represents the best and most important work yet done on interwar cavalry mechanization and its effects on the U.S. Army in World War II. I highly recommend this book and find it hard to believe that it will be surpassed anytime soon.

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