An original and unique work that will fill a huge gap in the field
of military history, and be of interest to both scholars and
general readers, and it should attract reviews in academic journals
like The British Journal of Military History or The Review of
Military History but importantly in more popular journals and
magazine like History Today, BBC History and Military History. It
is a picture of the universal role of cavalry in warfare from
earliest times to the present - and future. It covers the role of
horses and essential mobility in 'shock action', in warfare in the
classical world, in the major civilisations of China and India,
Steppe cavalry, in the middle ages with Islamic and European
conflict, the 'social politics' in Christendom with knightly
valour, and war with non-Christian forces including the Muslim
invasion of Europe, Islamic Spain, and conflict with the Mongols -
the last probably new to readers. The early modern period covers
the Asia and North Africa and the Ottomans - a major field of
warfare continuing up to the modern period - and the time is
notable for the introduction of horses in the Americas - a new
phase in cavalry history. The modern period from Napoleon to the
First World War is the history of the mobility of cavalry in
European warfare and in imperial expansion and empire-building, but
the concept of cavalry 'redundancy' arises in the maelstrom of
1914-1918 with artillery bombardment, trench warfare and the role
of infantry. The long 'transition' period leading up the present
and future is fascinating for both cavalry and infantry, with the
development of tanks and armour. And here is a fascinating and
original concept of cavalry 'transformation' and not cavalry
'survivalism', with modern and post-modern development of drone
warfare - from horses to drones - as a 'new cavalry' for
reconnaissance and combat. Contents: 1 Strengths and Starts 2 The
Classical World - 350CE 3 The Post-Classical World and the Attacks
of Steppe Peoples, 350-1150 4 Medieval Centuries 5 The Early Modern
Period I, 1500-1660 6 The Early Modern Period II, 1650-1800 7 From
Napoleon to the First World War 8 Transition, 1916-1945 9 Armour as
the Cavalry Arm, but Drones as the Next Generation? 1945 -the
Future 10 Conclusions
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