Studies in Military Geography and Geology

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.

Identifies and describes historic battles

Autorentext

(a) Mr. Caldwell has an AB in Geography from Dartmouth College, a MS in Cartography from the University of Wisconsin - Madison, and an MSc in Geographical Information Systems from the University of Edinburgh (UK). He has worked at the Defense Mapping Agency (currently known as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency) and the US Army Corps of Engineers. Throughout his 25 year career he has been engaged in research and development work related to military geographic information, cartography, and geographic information sciences He is a Member of the North American cartographic Information Society and Urban and Regional Information Systems Association.

(b) Dr. Ehlen has BA and MA degrees in Geology and a BA in German from the University of Oregon, an MA in History from George Mason University, and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Birmingham (UK). She has worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers in research & development related to image analysis of the geologic properties of terrain throughout her more than 30 year career. She is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America and of the Geological Society of London and currently serves as a Member of the Board of the American Rock Mechanics Association and as Past Chair of the Geological Society of America's Engineering Geology Division. She has been active in the field of military geology since 1994.

(c) Dr. Harmon has a BA degree in Geology from the University of Texas - Austin, a MS in Geochemistry from Pennsylvania State University, and a Ph.D. in Geology from McMaster University (Canada). Over a 30-year career in the earth sciences, he has worked for the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration and UK Natural Environment Research Council, taught at Michigan State University and Southern Methodist University, and currently is Senior Program Manager for Terrestrial Sciences at the U.S. Army Research Office. He is a Fellow of the Geological Society of America andNational Speleological Society and currently serves as a Council Member of the International Association of Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry.

Inhalt
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.