Studies in Military Geography and Geology / Edition 1

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Overview

A selection of papers on a broad range of military topics ranging from the strategic perspective, through analyses of historical battles at the operational and tactical levels, to the use of advanced technologies applied to present-day military problems.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781402031045
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
  • Publication date: 2/24/2005
  • Edition description: 2004
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 362

Meet the Author

(a) Mr. Caldwell has an AB in Geography from Dartmouth College, a MS in Cartography from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and an MSc in Geographical Information Systems from the University of Edinburgh (UK). He has worked at the Defense Mapping Agency (currently known as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) and the US Army Corps of Engineers. Throughout his 25 year career he has been engaged in research and development work related to military geographic information, cartography, and geographic information sciences He is a Member of the North American cartographic Information Society and Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.

(b) Dr. Ehlen has BA and MA degrees in Geology and a BA in German from the University of Oregon, an MA in History from George Mason University, and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Birmingham (UK). She has worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers in research & development related to image analysis of the geologic properties of terrain throughout her more than 30 year career. She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and of the Geological Society of London and currently serves as a Member of the Board of the American Rock Mechanics Association and as Past Chair of the Geological Society of America's Engineering Geology Division. She has been active in the field of military geology since 1994.

(c) Dr. Harmon has a BA degree in Geology from the University of Texas – Austin, a MS in Geochemistry from Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. in Geology from McMaster University (Canada). Over a 30-year career in the earth sciences, he has worked for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and UK Natural Environment Research Council, taught at Michigan State University and Southern Methodist University, and currently is Senior Program Manager for Terrestrial Sciences at the U.S. Army Research Office. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and National Speleological Society and currently serves as a Council Member of the International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry.

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Table of Contents

Ch. 1 Introduction 1
Ch. 2 Perspectives on military geography 7
Ch. 3 Military use of underground terrain - a brief historical perspective 21
Ch. 4 Development of tactical geography in the nineteenth century 39
Ch. 5 Canadian military geography 1867-2002 - from empire to alliance : guarding the South or watching the North 53
Ch. 6 A geological/topographical reconnaissance of Hannibal's invasion route into Italia in 218 BC 67
Ch. 7 Military campaigns in tropical Karst - the Maroon Wars of Jamaica 79
Ch. 8 A military geography of the Hudson Highlands - focal point the American War of Independence 89
Ch. 9 Decisive terrain - a military geography of Fortress West Point 1775-1797 105
Ch. 10 Saratoga - a military geographic analysis 121
Ch. 11 The impact of geology on the march to the Battle of Eutaw Springs 133
Ch. 12 The 1815 Battle of New Orleans - a physical geographic analysis 147
Ch. 13 Terrain and its affect on the use of artillery in the American Civil War - the Battle of Perryville 8 October 1862 155
Ch. 14 The geology of the Chicamauga Campaign, American Civil War 173
Ch. 15 Military geology and geography in the American Civil War - the Cloyds Mountain/New River Campaign, May 1864 185
Ch. 16 German military geologists and geographers in World War II - roles in planning operation Sealion - the invasion of England scheduled for September 1940 199
Ch. 17 War in the Heartland - the role of geography in Operation Barbarossa 1941-1942 215
Ch. 18 Military foot traffic impact on soil compaction properties 229
Ch. 19 The effect of military operations on desert pavement - a case study from Butler Pass, AZ (USA) 243
Ch. 20 Development of an archeological predictive model for management of military lands - identification of geological variables in desert terrain 259
Ch. 21 The geometry of line-of-sight and weapons fan algorithms 271
Ch. 22 A Gis-based spatial analysis of caves and solution cavities - application to predicting cave occurrence in limestone terrain 287
Ch. 23 Groundwater - past, present, and future uses in military operations 307
Ch. 24 Managing groundwater resources at Camp Shelby training site, MS (USA) 231
Ch. 25 Water and environmental security in the Middle East 333
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