1. Mud: A Military History
- Author:
- Adam Lajeunesse
- Publication Date:
- 06-2011
- Content Type:
- Journal Article
- Journal:
- Journal of Military and Strategic Studies
- Institution:
- Centre for Military, Security and Strategic Studies
- Abstract:
- The natural first impression when presented with a history of mud lies somewhere between amusement and curiosity. Have historians truly exhausted all other potential subjects and are now resorting to the study of moist dirt? Yet, if given more than brief consideration – and certainly after reading the book itself – the importance of mud to the history of warfare becomes obvious and undeniable. As Clyde Wood shows, the gooey substance has had a significant impact on the course of human conflict over the ages through its tendency to slow marching armies, wear down mechanized divisions and even ground air forces.
- Political Geography:
- Southeast Asia