Trench Warfare

by Stephen Bull

Published 1 August 2002
-- Recounts the history of trench warfare from the U.S. Civil War to the Persian Gulf War of 1991, with an emphasis on World War I-- Traces the evolution of tactics and equipment-- Features extensive maps and photographsTrench Warfare examines the various methods of trench fighting beginning with the U.S. Civil War. Stephen Bull then focuses on the deadlocked trench warfare of World War I that coincided with, and gave rise to, the development of the machine gun, artillery barrages, gas attacks, aerial reconnaissance, and tank warfare. With the reemergence of a war of movement in World War II, Bull then discusses the modern view of static and defensive positions in the Korean, Vietnam, Iran-Iraq, and Persian Gulf Wars.