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Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War: Lessons and critical considerations - Softcover

Gustav Wrangel Austrian Cavalry

 
9781845748241: Cavalry in the Russo-Japanese War: Lessons and critical considerations
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1845748247 ISBN 13: 9781845748241
Publisher: Naval & Military Press, 2011

Synopsis

The author of this study of cavalry operations in the 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War, Count Gustav Wrangel, an Austrian cavalry officer, admits that the performance of the cavalry on both sides was 'poor' being confined to a few raids. His book is really a plea for a greater role for the cavalry and a lament for what he calls 'sins of omission' ie cavalry operations which could have been undertaken but which were not owing to insufficient numbers being available. (He points out that the Japanese were about to double the size of their cavalry to eight divisions). He was not to know, of course, that within a decade of his book's publication the Great War with its mechanisation would make the age-old arm of the cavalry utterly obsolete. Even so, this book is a fascinating period piece.

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Publisher
Naval & Military Press
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1845748247
ISBN 13 
9781845748241
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
100