audiobook A History of Israel: From the Bronze Age Through the Jewish Wars by Walter C. Kaiser in History

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This is the first volume of a four-volune work. The total work represents the culmination of more than twenty years of painstaking research. It is an exhaustive delineation; in words and pictures; of every aspect of the attire and equipment of that most exciting of all United States military forces—the cavalry.Volume I covers the Revolutionary period; with a detailed account of the “sires” of the United States Cavalry; the Continental Light Dragoons. Then come the War of 1812 and the formation of the United States Mounted Ranger Battalion; and later the United States Dragoons. The uniforms; insignia; decorations; arms; horse equipment; accoutrements; and saddles are described and profusely illustrated in 11 color plates and 96 black-and-white drawings. Appended are sections defining the nomenclature of the horse; horse equipment; and arms; as well as a roster of cavalry bugle calls.In the work Steffen; a widely renowned military artist and historian; presents American military history from a perspective until now only superficially viewed. Historians; military specialists; and researchers will find a wealth of hard-to-find detail. The author’s color plates and meticulously detailed drawings; reproduced from actual uniforms and equipment and official government specifications; show us the cavalryman as he actually looked; wherever he was stationed; whatever his war; wherever he was sent to be a horse soldier for his country.