Anyone who is even mildly interested in horsemansip, equtation, and the horse's role in American military history will find this well researched book fascinating, as well as informative and historically significant. The author, an accomplished horseman and military historian, has simply and chronologically laid out the riding styles and training methods of the United States Cavalry that were developed for the training of its mounted troopers from the post American Revolutionary period up to the dismounting of the horse Cavalry during World War Two. |