{"product_id":"2940149005864","title":"The Brigade: A History","description":"This is a timely work as virtually all current Army transformation initiatives focus in on\u003cbr\u003ethe maneuver brigade as the key element in future reorganization. New initiatives centered\u003cbr\u003eon the Unit of Action (UA) concept utilize variations of the basic brigade design currently\u003cbr\u003efielded in the Army for revamped organizations using projected or recently fielded technology.\u003cbr\u003eA study illustrating from where the brigade has come to assume such an important role in Army\u003cbr\u003eplanning and organization is, therefore, very appropriate. This volume in the Combat Studies\u003cbr\u003eInstitute Special Studies series additionally fills a void in the historiography of the US Army,\u003cbr\u003eillustrating the brigade level of command, both in organizational structure and in battlefield\u003cbr\u003eemployment.\u003cbr\u003eThe brigade has been a key component of American Armies since the establishment of\u003cbr\u003ethe first brigade of colonial militia volunteers under the command of George Washington in\u003cbr\u003e1758. Brigades were key combined arms organizations in the Continental Army and were basic\u003cbr\u003ecomponents of both the Confederate and Union forces in the Civil War, and have been the\u003cbr\u003ebackbone of Army forces in Vietnam, the winning of the Cold War, DESERT STORM, and in\u003cbr\u003ethe recent War in Iraq.\u003cbr\u003eThe force structure of the US Army has always been a target of tinkering and major\u003cbr\u003ereadjustments since the short-lived experimentation with the Legion of the United States in\u003cbr\u003e1792-1996. Nowhere is this more apparent than at the level of the brigade. For most of the\u003cbr\u003ehistory of the Army, the brigade was a temporary wartime expedient organization and the first\u003cbr\u003elevel of command led by a general officer. In the 20th century, it was the basic tactical unit\u003cbr\u003eof trench warfare in World War I. However, in World War II it basically disappeared, though\u003cbr\u003eorganizations such as the armored division’s combat command, retained the spirit, if not the\u003cbr\u003ename of the organization. Following the late 1950s Pentomic period, the brigade returned in\u003cbr\u003e1963 in a flexible structure very similar to that of the former combat command. As a missionoriented,\u003cbr\u003etask-organized, combat organization, the maneuver brigade has survived the many\u003cbr\u003evicissitudes of Army reorganization.\u003cbr\u003eThis work provides an organizational history of the maneuver brigade and case studies of\u003cbr\u003eits employment throughout the various wars. Apart from the text, the appendices at the end of\u003cbr\u003ethe work provide a ready reference to all brigade organizations used in the Army since 1917\u003cbr\u003eand the history of the brigade colors.","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47075457237232,"sku":"2940149005864","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940149005864_p0.jpg?v=1763711474","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940149005864","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}