Battling the Elements; Author: Winters, Harold A. (Professor Emeritus of Geography, Michigan State University, USA); Author: Galloway Jr, Gerald R. (Dean, Faculty and Academic Programs, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC, USA); Author: Reynolds, William J.; Author: Rhyne, David W. (Stonewall Jackson Middle School, Hanover County, Virginia, USA); Hardback; Book

Author: Winters, Harold A. (Professor Emeritus of Geography, Michigan State University, USA); Author: Galloway Jr, Gerald R. (Dean, Faculty and Academic Programs, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, Washington, DC, USA); Author: Reynolds, William J.; Author: Rhyne, David W. (Stonewall Jackson Middle School, Hanover County, Virginia, USA)
Hardback; Book; 70 Line Illustrations, 60 Halftones
336 pages
Published: December 1998
The Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 080185850X

Engrossing and informative, this book is a cogent analysis of dozens of battles to illustrate the complex, diverse, and often capricious effect of physical geography on war without oversimplifying this relationship or implying that environmental factors predetermine the outcome of a battle. 70 line illustrations. 60 halftones.The authors 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. Battles include Bunker Hill, Gettysburg, Verdun and Flanders.