Crossing the Deadly Ground
United States Army Tactics, 1865-1899
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Crossing the Deadly Ground
Narrated by:
Roger Wood
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Roger Wood
Weapons improved rapidly after the Civil War, raising difficult questions about the battle tactics employed by the United States Army. The most fundamental problem was the dominance of the tactical defensive, when defenders protected by fieldworks could deliver deadly fire from rifles and artillery against attackers advancing in close-ordered lines. The vulnerability of these offensive forces as they crossed the so-called "deadly ground" in front of defensive positions was even greater with the improvement of armaments after the Civil War.
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Critic reviews
"No other study approaches this subject so expertly." ( Journal of Southern History)
"An excellent history of the period, one frequently neglected in the literature of the military history field." ( Academic Library Book Review)
"An informative and stimulating work that should serve as the definitive word on this subject for some time to come." ( Journal of Military History)
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