Full Description
This book contains a selection of papers from the International Military Geology and Geography Conference, held at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York in June 2003. Studies in Military Geography and Geology expands a series of recent publications originating from conferences and symposia on military geology that began in 1994. The 25 contributions address 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.
Contents
Geoperspectives.- Perspectives on Military Geography.- Military Use of Underground Terrain.- Development of Tactical Geography in the Nineteenth Century.- Canadian Military Geography 1867-2002.- Historical Vignettes.- A Geological/Topographical Reconnaissance of Hannibal's Invasion Route into Italia in 218 BC.- Military Campaigns in Tropical Karst.- A Military Geography of the Hudson Highlands.- Decisive Terrain.- Saratoga.- The Impact of Geology on the March to the Battle of Eutaw Springs.- The 1815 Battle of New Orleans.- Terrain and its Affect on the Use of Artillery in the American Civil War.- The Geology of the Chicamauga Campaign, American Civil War.- Military Geology and Geograpy in the American Civil War.- German Military Geologists and Geographers in World War II.- War in the Heartland.- Technologies of the Twentyfirst Century.- Military Foot Traffic Impact on Soil Compaction Properties.- The Effect of Military Operations on Desert Pavement.- Development of an Archeological Predictive Model for Management of Military Lands.- The Geometry of Line-of-Sight and Weapons Fan Algorithms.- A Gis-Based Spatial Analysis of Caves and Solution Cavities.- Groundwater.- Managing Groundwater Resources at Camp Shelby Training Site, MS (USA).- Water and Environmental Security in the Middle East.
