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Fighting in woods and forests is a very special form of battle. Avoided by military services commanders unless such surfaces is to their advantage, for soldiers forest fights are a chaotic mix of dread, perseverance, and, frequently, death. Adversaries remain in constant concern with concealed ambush, casualties usually must be discontinued, and prisoners who can't be guarded are killed. Heightened fear can result in excesses. Too often, armies have been badly prepared and trained for such warfare and have suffered severely for it. In Warfare in Woods and Forests, noted military services historian Anthony Clayton identifies major happenings in woods and forest warfare from the first hundred years CE to the 21st. These happenings involve Roman soldiers in Germany 2,000 years back; AMERICANS in 18th- and 19th-century conflicts; invaders of Russia in 1812 and 1941; English, French, and Americans in France in 1916 and 1918; Americans in the Hartgen Forest in 1944; and modern-day Russian soldiers in Chechnya.The booklet is printed by Indiana University Press.
