Battling the elements : weather and terrain in the conduct of war / Harold A. Winters [and others].

Other author Winters, Harold A.
Other author Center for American Places (Harrisonburg, Va.)
Format Book
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998.
Descriptionix, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents War and geography : introduction -- Storms, fair weather, and chance : Kamikazes, Dunkirk, and Normandy -- Too much and too wet : the Civil War mud march and Flanders' Fields -- Clouds and fot : the Bulge and Khe Sanh -- Invading another climate as seasons change : Napoleon and Hitler in Russia -- Forests and jungles : the Wilderness and the Ia Drang Valley -- Terrains and corridors : the American Civil War's eastern theater and World War I Verdun -- Troubled waters : River crossings at Arnhem and Remagen -- Glaciers shape the land : Alpine fighting and the road to Moscow -- Peninsulas and sea coasts : Anzio and Inchon -- Island battles : Tarawa and Iwo Jima -- Hot, wet, and sick : New Guinea and Ddien Bien Phu -- Heat, rock, and sand : the Western Desert and the Sinai -- Conclusion.
Local noteLittle-320391--305131028942
General note"Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia"--P. facing t.p.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [295]-306) and index.
LCCN 98005983
ISBN080185850X (alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks UA990 .B35 1998 ✔ Available Place Hold