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Last Update: 06/28/2008

The Purpose of this website is to host various writing and web page products which I have developed, published, or are works in progress.  Almost all of the works are related to my interests in contemporary military affairs, military history, cavalry, and horses.

It also provides a forum where those that which to contact me to comment or ask questions about my work have the opportunity to do so.  Click "Articles and Papers" link above to access articles, papers, and other written products.

Click on the "Biography" link above to learn more about me.

Working hard to get major parts of the mechanized cavalry page back online.  Should happen over the next few weeks as I fix up and update the pages.

Posted a link to my paper on the army occupation of the former Confederate states.  "Anatomy of a Failed Occupation:  The U.S. Army in the former Confederate States, 1865-1877," 

My most ambitious writing project ever:

War Horse:

The History of the Military Horse and Rider

Now available through Amazon.  The book should be in a variety of other bookstores and online venues within the week:

(Click on the cover to go to Amazon link)

If you enjoy the book put feedback in the Amazon (or other) review... thanks!

Coming soon... I will post in the articles and papers section parts of the original manuscript that didn't make it to the final published version due to space limitations.

Click Here for Some Reviews

For more than three thousand years, the horse and rider have been an integral part of warfare. Armed with weapons and accessories ranging from a simple javelin to the hand-held laser designator, the horse and rider have fought from the steppes of central Asia to the plains of North America. Understanding the employment of the military horse is key to understanding the successes and the limitations of military operations and campaigns throughout history. Over the centuries, horses have been used to pull chariots, support armor-laden knights, move scouts rapidly over harsh terrain, and carry waves of tightly formed cavalry. In War Horse: A History of the Military Horse and Rider, Louis A. DiMarco discusses all of the uses of horses in battle, including the Greek, Persian, and Roman cavalry, the medieval knight and his mount, the horse warriors—Huns, Mongols, Arabs, and Cossacks—the mounted formations of Frederick the Great and Napoleon, and mounted unconventional fighters, such as American Indians, the Boers, and partisans during World War II. The book also covers the weapons and forces which were developed to oppose horsemen, including longbowmen, pike armies, cannon, muskets, and machine guns. The development of organizations and tactics are addressed beginning with those of the chariot armies and traced through the evolution of cavalry formations from Alexander the Great to the Red Army of World War II. In addition, the author examines the training and equipping of the rider and details the types of horses used as military mounts at different points in history, the breeding systems that produced those horses, and the techniques used to train and control them. Finally, the book reviews the importance of the horse and rider to battle and military operations throughout history, and concludes with a survey of the current military use of horses. War Horse is a comprehensive look at this oldest and most important aspect of military history, the relationship between human and animal, a weapons system that has been central to warfare longer than any other.

For those of you looking for the Mechanized Cavalry Page... It is now located at the below link.