Lieutenants and Light: Mapping the US Army Heliograph Networks in Late Nineteenth-Century Arizona and New Mexico - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of New Mexico PressISBN-13:9780826368416ISBN-10:826368417UPC:9780826368416Book Category:History, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, Military, Military ScienceBook Topic:19th Century, United StatesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCA1M0X4FZ
Lieutenants and Light: Mapping the US Army Heliograph Networks in Late Nineteenth-Century Arizona and New Mexico
Lieutenants and Light provides an accurate, detailed historical study of the U.S. Army's use of the heliograph as a tactical means of communication and command and control in the desert environment of Arizona and New Mexico in the late nineteenth century. The heliograph network in the Southwest, which began development in 1882, used mirror-based signaling devices to facilitate communication...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of New Mexico PressISBN-13:9780826368416ISBN-10:826368417UPC:9780826368416Book Category:History, Technology & EngineeringBook Subcategory:United States, Military, Military ScienceBook Topic:19th Century, United StatesSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.72 inchesWeight:0.9502Product ID:SCA1M0X4FZ
Robert E. C. Davis spent twenty-five years on active duty in the United States Marine Corps and retired in 2008 as the colonel of an artillery regiment. He holds a BS in geography from the University of Utah, an MA in national security and strategic studies from the College of Naval Warfare, an MS in geographic information systems technology from the University of Arizona, and a graduate...
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