GEOLOGY AND WARFARE: EXAMPLES OF THE INFLUENCE OF TERRAIN AND GEOLOGISTS ON MILITARY OPERATIONS
Written by Edward P.F. Rose, C. Paul Nathanail
Published by The Geological Society
in 2000
ISBN: 1862390657
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GEOLOGY AND WARFARE: EXAMPLES OF THE INFLUENCE OF TERRAIN AND GEOLOGISTS ON MILITARY OPERATIONS
Written by Edward P.F. Rose, C. Paul Nathanail.
Stock no. 1827824
1st.
2000.
Hardback.
Nearly fine condition.
Edited by Rose and Nathanail. Bringing together military applications of geology across a broad time frame and multi-national boundaries. While this work demonstrates the geological constraints on best use of ground for military purposes from a historical perspective, the principles are just as applicable today. Matt pictorial boards. B/w photos and maps. ISBN: 1862390657. Spine faded else nice, clean copy.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Part One: Geology and military History
- 1. Geological constraints on the siting of fortifications: examples from medieval Britain TJ Halsall
- 2. Geological constraints on battlefield tactics: examples in Britain from the Middle Ages to the Civil Wars TJ Halsall
- Part Two: Early geologists and the armed forces
- 3. The military service of GB Greenough, found president of the Geological Society EPF Rose
- 4. Geologists and the American Civil War WE Pittman
- Part Three: Battlefield geology in world war
- 5. Comparison of British and German applications of geology in world war EPF Rose, H Hausler & D Willig
- 6. Development of military geology in the German Wehrmacht 1939-45, H Hausler & D Willig
- 7. Deployment and role of military geology teams in the German army 1941-45 H Hausler
- Part Four: Military use of terrain
- 8. Geology and warfare on the British sector of the Western Front 1914-18 P. Moyle, MR Bennett & FM Cocks
- 9. Geology and the fortress of Gibraltar EPF Rose
- 10. Geological influences on the siting of military airfields in the United Kingdom RNE Blake
- Part Five: Recent military geologist roles
- 11. From dowsing to hydrogeology in the Royal Engineers 1939
- 12. Operational roles for military geologists MS Rosenbaum & EPF Rose
- Part Six: Future military geologist roles
- 13. Geoenvironmental security - the challenge for tomorrow's geologists? CP Nathanail
- Part Seven: Field guides to world war battlefields in northern France
- 14. A field guide to the geology of the British Sector of the Western Front, 1914-18 P. Doyle
- 15. A field guide to British military applications of geology in Normandy during 1944, C Pareyn & EPF Rose
- Index