Ebook: Warfare in woods and forests

E N T S; List of Terrain Maps; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; 2. Warfare before Firearms; 3. Early Modern Warfare, 1500-1713; 4. The Eighteenth Century: New Irregular Challenges; 5. Toward Later Modern Warfare, 1815-1914; 6. The First World War, 1914-17; 7. The First World War, 1918; 8. The Second World War, 1939-45; 9. Post-1945 and Conclusion; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index;Fighting in woods and forests is a very special form of war. Avoided by military commanders unless such terrain is to their advantage, for soldiers forest battles are a chaotic mix of dread, determination, and, all too often, death. Adversaries remain in constant fear of concealed ambush, casualties usually must be abandoned, and prisoners who cannot be guarded are killed. Heightened fear can lead to excesses. Too often, armies have been badly prepared and trained for such warfare and have suffered severely for it. In Warfare in Woods and Forests, noted military historian Anthony Clayton descr.