Battling the elements : weather and terrain in the conduct of war

Throughout history, from Hannibal's crossing of the Alps to Rommel's desert warfare, military operations have succeeded or failed on the ability of commanders to incorporate environmental conditions into their tactics. In Battling the Elements, geographer Harold A. Winters and former U.S. Army officers Gerald E. Galloway Jr., William J. Reynolds, and David W. Rhyne examine the connections between major battles in world history and their geographic components, revealing what role factors such as weather, climate, terrain, soil, and vegetation have played in combat. "Published in cooperation with the Center for American Places, Harrisonburg, Virginia"--Preliminary page. ix, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm