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On Artillery (Hardcover, New)
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On Artillery (Hardcover, New)
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Gudmundsson tells the story of field artillery in the 20th century
and its impact on the major conflicts of our time. Its purpose is
to provide the reader--whether artilleryman or not--with hitherto
unavailable insights on the role that artillery plays in the larger
battle and how that has helped shape the world that we live in
today. Unique aspects of the book include the treatment of
technical issues in non-technical language, the extensive use of
German and French sources generally unavailable to the
English-speaking reader, the shattering of some long-cherished
myths, and the discussion of issues that are often papered over in
the literature of field artillery--losses from "friendly fire," the
frequent impotence of counter-battery fire, and the French origins
of current American doctrine. The bulk of the literature on field
artillery can be fairly described as "gunner propaganda."
Gudmundsson, with his emphasis on the way artillery interacts with
other arms and the dynamics of the battle as a whole, takes a more
balanced and a more critical view, dealing with the failures as
well as the achievements of field artillery. This study provides a
thorough overview of field artillery in non-technical language that
will be of interest to military professionals, military historians,
and wargamers.
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