A Military Dictionary

This book provides a comprehensive ready-reference of military terms. With clear definitions of more than 7,000 terms, Dictionary of Military Terms covers both British and American terms as well as international terms, and includes: military personnel; maneuvers; equipment; vehicles; weapons; tactics; and commands.

This illustrated dictionary addresses all subjects of interest to an officer of the U.S. Army during the Civil War. It contains a large number of definitions relating to civil and military law and government based on the works of Bouvier, De Hart, Dunlop, Guillot, Pendergast, Vattel, Wheaton and others. An 1863 reissue of a work first published in 1861, it encapsulates the state of legal knowledge as it was understood by the American military before it was confronted by the complications wrought by the Civil War and the reforms effected by Lieber's code. Topics include artillery, Articles of War, booty, court martial forms, defence (national), evidence, execution of laws, field works, injuries (liability for private injuries), law (martial), ordnance, pay, reconoissance, rifle ordnance, roads, Secretary of War, sieges, trials, volunteers, war, warrant, wills. It is also interesting for its inclusion of medical remedies and recipes used to feed large quantities of soldiers under adverse conditions. H[enry] L[ee] Scott [1814-1886], was a colonel and Inspector-General in the US Army and the son-in-law of General Winfield Scott, (commander-in-chief of the US Army at the onset of the Civil War, and for whom the expression "Great Scott!" is thought to be based).

The first edition (1986) is cited in American Reference Books Annual. Now updated and containing some 3,500 terms, this dictionary offers short definitions of historical and modern military equipment, strategies, tactics, ranks, organizations, abbreviations, and the like. Lead editor Dupuy (d.1995) was a military theorist, historian, and writer; two associates joined him for the first edition, and two new editors undertook the revision. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Excerpt from Military Dictionary: Comprising Technical Definitions; Information on Raising and Keeping Troops A military dictionary which, with technical definitions, comprises information on actual service; on law, government, regulation, and administration; on raising and keeping troops, and, on makeshifts and improved materiel, is much needed; and the design of the present work is in some measure to occupy that gap in military literature. In legal articles, plain decisions from constitutional exponents of law have been accepted as conclusive; but when without such a guide, an endeavor has been made to set forth the true intent and meaning of laws in dispute, by simple, clear, and logical annotations. Much interesting law matter has been abridged from Prendergast's Law relating to officers of the army; and in respect to courts-martial, actual service, improved matériel, &c., &c., the author is indebted to many standard authorities, sometimes only designated by name in different articles; but, in such cases, referred to fully by the titles of their works in the list of abbreviations which follows this preface. It is only deemed necessary to add, that the work was not prepared in view of existing disturbances, but was begun some years ago, and that the few additions made since it was put in the hands of the publisher in January last, refer only to improvements in matériel. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.