1776 PHILADELPHIA PRINTED T. SIMES MILITARY GUIDE REVOLUTIONARY WAR ARMY MANUAL

Store Search search Title, ISBN and Author Campaign of 1776 by Gregory T. Edgar Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Paperback Condition Brand New This book traces the development of the Revolutionary War in an enjoyable history peppered with excerpts from public and private documents. 1776 was the critical year when Americans reluctantly let go of their strong allegiance to King George III. In July Publisher Description This book traces the development of the Revolutionary War in an en

Major and detailed military manual for British officers in 1776. Includes everything from how to form a funeral party to defending a fortress and a glossary of military terms.

Man power has been at a premium in nearly every major war in which the United States has participated. In the event of a future conflict against a foe who may be numerically superior, every available source of manpower may have to be used. This will include captured enemy personnel. The successful prosecution of the war may depend upon the utilization of these prisoners of war. Up to this time no record of the use of prisoners of war in past wars of the United States has been available. This study prepared for the Office of the Chief of Military History of the United States Army will fill the void and provide detailed information on the Army's use of prisoners of war in the past. The study is divided into three parts. Part One, " The Early Wars, " contains three chapters covering the period from the Revolutionary War through the Civil War. Part Two, " The Beginnings of Global Warfare, " contains three chapters covering the period from the Spanish-American War to the beginning of World War II. Part Three, " World War II, " contains the bulk of the study. The planning, policies, interested agencies, and actual employment both in the continental United States and in overseas theaters are presented in detail.

Although it is generally assumed that there have always been limits to what soldiers are permitted to do in war, it was not until 1863, in the heat of the Civil War, that the United States issued its first Army manual. Subsequently, manuals of land warfare were issued in 1914, 1934, 1940, 1944, 1956, and 1976 by the American military.In this volume, Wells provides a systematic examination of the evolution of American rules of warfare. In addition to providing the texts of key elements of the manuals and analyzing them, Wells relates the manuals to international attempts to set limits on war practices. This book will be invaluable to those concerned with military law, here and abroad, to students of international law, and to military policy makers.

This volume, a collection of eleven original essays by many of the foremost U.S. military historians, focuses on the transition of the Army from parade ground to battleground in each of nine wars the United States has fought. Through careful analysis of organization, training, and tactical doctrine, each essay seeks to explain the strengths and weaknesses evidenced by the outcome of the first significant engagement or campaign of the war. The concluding essay sets out to synthesize the findings and to discover whether or not American first battles manifest a characteristic "rhythm." America's First Battles provides a novel and intellectually challenging view of how America has prepared for war and how operations and tactics have changed over time. The thrust of the book--the emphasis on operational history--is at the forefront of scholarly activity in military history. This book is part of the Modern War Studies series.

Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Bracey (political science, Jackson State U.) the animated films Antz and A Bug's Life, Dr. Seuss's children's book The Butter Battle Book, and his own fictionalized scenario of intelligent insects waging war on humans to reflect on some of the politics and decisions of war at the highest level. Much of the emphasis is on the uncertainty of war and the way leaders make bad decisions based in ignorance and often hubris. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This volume, a collection of eleven original essays by many of the foremost U.S. military historians, focuses on the transition of the Army from parade ground to battleground in each of nine wars the United States has fought. Through careful analysis of organization, training, and tactical doctrine, each essay seeks to explain the strengths and weaknesses evidenced by the outcome of the first significant engagement or campaign of the war. The concluding essay sets out to synthesize the findings and to discover whether or not American first battles manifest a characteristic "rhythm." America's First Battles provides a novel and intellectually challenging view of how America has prepared for war and how operations and tactics have changed over time. The thrust of the book--the emphasis on operational history--is at the forefront of scholarly activity in military history. This book is part of the Modern War Studies series.

Here is the finest collection ever assembled of the every known non-classified public domain Army Field Manuals and multiservice (Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy) manual, now available in a convenient single-disc DVD-ROM format! There are 453 military manuals with a total of 105, 796 pages reproduced in individual file Adobe Acrobat format. The incredible size of this massive collection makes it impossible for us to list the contents, but here is just a tiny sample of the key areas and specific issues covered: Operations * Combat and Tactical Operations * Survival * Tactics, Techniques and Procedures * Battalion Operations * Battlefield and Theater * Force Integration * Mission Training Plans * Aviation, Air Attack, Missiles * Munitions, Armor, Infantry, Mechanized Forces, Artillery * Supply, Support, Quartermaster * Construction, Field Services * Intelligence, Peace Operations, Military Police * Medical, Nuclear-Biological-Chemical (NBC) * Supplies and Equipment Airdrop * Weapons, Guns, Mines, Ordnance * Bridges, Vehicles, Cavalry, Engineering * Reconnaissance * Unexploded Ordnance Operations and Disposal Here are some of the highlights of the special topic manuals: Air Assault * Air, Helicopter, Aviation * Airdrop * Ammunition * Armored * Battlefield * Brigades * Cavalry * Combat * Combined Arms * Construction * Division * Engineering * Field Artillery * Fire Support * Health, Medical * Infantry * Intelligence * Legal Affairs * NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical), WMD * Opposing Force * Ordnance * Petroleum * Public Affairs * Quartermaster, Supplies * Railway Operations * Signal Support * Stryker * Survival * Tactical * Weapons * Weather, Meteorology Ammo Handbook * Army Bands * Battle Focused Training * Brigades * Camo Concealment Decoys * Cavalry * Civil Disturbances * Cold Weather * Combat Skills * Combatives * Combined Arms * Counterguerrilla * Counterinsurgency * Counterintelligence * Countermobility * Deploy And Redeploy * Desert Operations * Drill And Ceremonies * Foot Marches * Guard Duty * Jungle Operations * Law Enforcement Investigations * Law Land Warfare * Leadership * Low Intensity Conflict * Mil Police * Diving * Mountaineering * Dogs * Mission Command * Mortuary * Mountain * Movement Control * Multinational Operations * Munitions Distribution * NCO Guide * Northern Operations * Observed Fire * Operational Terms And Graphics * Opposing Force * Peace Ops * Physical Security * Planning And Orders Production * Project Management * Public Affairs * Ranger * Reconstitution * Religious Support * Rifle Marksmanship * Risk Management * River Crossing * Security And Support * Smoke * Sniper * Soils * Soldiers Guide * Stability Operations * Parachuting * Tactics * Tank Gunnery * Terrain Analysis * Topographic Operations * Training Mobilization War * Training The Force * Transportation * Unit Movement Operations * Urban Operations * Utility Cargo * Visual Signals * Well Drilling * Aeromedical * Armored Brigade * Watercraft Safety * Attack Recon * Aviation Brigades * Battlefield Coordination * Bio War Casualties * Carpentry * Chem Bio Contamination * Combat Comm * Contracting Support * Corps Artillery * Earthmoving * Electromagnetic * Engineer Combat Ops * Engineer Diving * First Aid * Flame Riot Control Agents * Health Stability * Hydraulics * Information Ops * Intel Prep Of Battlefield * Intelligence * Intelligence Analysis * Intelligence Collection Management * Intelligence Officers Handbook * Medical Evacuation * NBC Agents Field Behavior * NBC Consequence Management * Nuclear Contamination Avoidance * Paving * Physical Fitness * Pile Construction * Plumbing Pipe Fitting Sewerage * Port Construction * Potential Chem Bio * Preventive Medical Services * Recon Surveill Counterrecon * S-1 Operations * Sanitation * Skin Diseases Tropics * Stress Control * Surgeons Handbook * Surgeons Handbook

This substantial reference contains over 900 entries on the battles, states, countries, armies, mercenaries, and individuals involved in the war. A large percentage of the entries are biographies. All entries are signed and conclude with a list of references, including websites. The editors contribute two introductory essays to the work, on the origins of the war and its military operations. Volume 5 is devoted to primary documents, each of them preceded by an introduction. Vol.5 also contains appendices that include helpful guides on how to read primary sources, maps, and charts and graphs, as well as a glossary, chronology, and bibliography. The volumes are well illustrated with b&w images, and each volume (except v.5) commences with a group of maps. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Revolutionary War Battle of Brooklyn (Battle of Long Island) is the story of the battle fought in 1776 on what is now the Borough of Brooklyn in the city of New York, also known as the Battle of Long Island. It was the first battle of the Revolutionary War fought by the newly formed American Army. A decisive defeat for the Americans it was, notwithstanding, the battle that enabled the revolution to continue because, although defeated, the American forces were not destroyed as the British had hoped and continued to engage the British until ultimate victory was achieved and independence obtained. The American Army escaped destruction by a combination of luck and the initial skill of Washington in accomplishing a withdrawal of his defeated army in the middle of a foggy night across the East River.