George F. Hofmann, history professor at the University of Cincinnati, served in the U.S. Army (Armor). He is the author of The Super Sixth: A History of the 6th Armored Division in World War II and Its Post-War Association and Cold War Casualty: The Court-Martial of Major General Robert W. Grow; and is coeditor (with Donn A. Starry) of Camp Colt to Desert Storm: The History of U.S. Armored Forces. General Donn A. Starry (Ret.) is the author of Mounted Combat in Vietnam and is the principal architect of the Air-Land Battle doctrine, which was used successfully in the Gulf War. He retired in 1983 after a distinguished military career, culminating as commander of the Armor Center and School at Fort Knox (1973-1976), the Fifth U.S. Corps in U.S. Army, Europe (1976-1977), the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (1977-1981), and the U.S. Readiness Command (1981-1983).
""Hofman provides an often fascinating insight into how the US
Cavalry grappled with the problems of mechanization in the
inter-war years."" -- Australian Army Journal
"Hofmann...was honored for his examination of the evolution of
armor in the U.S. Army and the assimilation of cavalry into the
armored force." -- The Army Historical Foundation [Kaufmann won the
LTG Richard G. Trefry Award
"Hofmann's book has several strengths, most notably depth of
research...and breadth of information. He introduces and discusses
a number of significant cavalry reformers who seldom appear in the
historical record...If one is interested in the evolution of the
United States cavalry and its doctrine during the interwar years
and World War II, Through Mobility We Conquer is worth wading
through." -- Journal of America's Military Past
"Winner of the LTG Richard Trefry Award given by the Army
Historical Foundation." --
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