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Million-Dollar Barrage
American Field Artillery in the Great War
Prince follows the Field Artillery from its plunge into combat in April 1917 as an unprepared organization to its emergence in November as an effective fighting force, with the Meuse-Argonne Offensive proving the pivotal point in the branch’s fortunes. Million-Dollar Barrage provides an unprecedented analysis of the ascendance of Field Artillery as a key factor in the nation’s military dominance.
Harnessing the Airplane
American and British Cavalry Responses to a New Technology, 1903–1939
Harnessing the Airplane compares how the American and British armies dealt with this unique challenge. A multilayered look at a critical aspect of modern industrial warfare, this book examines the ramifications of technological innovation and its role in the fraught relationship that developed between traditional ground units and emerging air forces.
Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification
A Guide
Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification: A Guide traces the history of musket balls and small shot, and explores their uses as lethal projectiles and in nonlethal alterations. Sivilich asks—and answers—a variety of questions to demonstrate how a musket ball found in a military context can help to interpret the site: Was it fired? What did it hit? What type of gun is it associated with? Has it been chewed, and if so, by whom or what? Was it hammered into gaming pieces?
Uniforms, Arms, and Equipment (2 volume set)
The U.S. Army on the Western Frontier 1880–1892
Volume 1: Headgear, Clothing, and FootwearVolume 2: Weapons and AccoutermentsThe definitive two-volume survey of military clothing and equipment during the final years of the U.S.-Indian warsBuilding...

Million-Dollar Barrage
American Field Artillery in the Great War
Prince follows the Field Artillery from its plunge into combat in April 1917 as an unprepared organization to its emergence in November as an effective fighting force, with the Meuse-Argonne Offensive proving the pivotal point in the branch’s fortunes. Million-Dollar Barrage provides an unprecedented analysis of the ascendance of Field Artillery as a key factor in the nation’s military dominance.
Harnessing the Airplane
American and British Cavalry Responses to a New Technology, 1903–1939
Harnessing the Airplane compares how the American and British armies dealt with this unique challenge. A multilayered look at a critical aspect of modern industrial warfare, this book examines the ramifications of technological innovation and its role in the fraught relationship that developed between traditional ground units and emerging air forces.
Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification
A Guide
Musket Ball and Small Shot Identification: A Guide traces the history of musket balls and small shot, and explores their uses as lethal projectiles and in nonlethal alterations. Sivilich asks—and answers—a variety of questions to demonstrate how a musket ball found in a military context can help to interpret the site: Was it fired? What did it hit? What type of gun is it associated with? Has it been chewed, and if so, by whom or what? Was it hammered into gaming pieces?
Uniforms, Arms, and Equipment (2 volume set)
The U.S. Army on the Western Frontier 1880–1892
Volume 1: Headgear, Clothing, and FootwearVolume 2: Weapons and AccoutermentsThe definitive two-volume survey of military clothing and equipment during the final years of the U.S.-Indian warsBuilding...