Camp Colt to Desert Storm: The History of U.S. Armored Forces - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0813121302 ISBN 13: 9780813121307

Publisher: University Press of Kentucky, 1999

Synopsis

The tank revolutionized the battlefield in World War II. In the years since, additional technological developments―including nuclear weapons, ballistic missiles, computer assisted firing, and satellite navigation―have continued to transform the face of combat. The only complete history of U.S. armed forces from the advent of the tank in battle during World War I to the campaign to drive Iraq out of Kuwait in 1991, Camp Colt to Desert Storm traces the development of doctrine for operations at the tactical and operational levels of war and translates this fighting doctrine into the development of equipment.

About this title

From the Publisher

“By far the single best compendium yet published on the history of the development of armor and armored fighting vehicles in the United States.”—Armor

“A new book by historians and military personnel with direct experience with these systems explains how U.S. forces reached this seminal point in the history of the nation’s military operations.”—Appalachian Quarterly

“A textbook and reference work for the serious student of the development of the tank and armored vehicle doctrine, tactics, and equipment from the beginning to today.”—Maj. Gen. Stan R. Sheridan

“A textbook and reference work for the serious student of the development of the tank and armored vehicle doctrine, tactics, and equipment from the beginning to today.”—Cavalry Journal

“Seminal. . . . Examines how armor mechanization has changed over the past 80 years and how that change influenced the accompanying doctrine and tactics.”—Parameters

“A textbook and reference work for the serious student of the development of the tank and armored vehicle doctrine, tactics and equipment from the beginning to today.”—Assembly

About the Author

George F. Hofmann, associate professor of history 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.

Gen. Donn A. Starry served in the U.S. Army in grades from private to general. He is the author of Mounted Combat in Vietnam and principal architect of AirLand Battle doctrine so successful in the Gulf War.

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0813121302
• ISBN 13: 9780813121307
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 656
• Editor: Hofmann George F., Starry Donn A.