Index
agency
5, 14–17, 23–25, 30–32, 35–39, 249, 252–253, 255–257, 275, 287
anthropomorphism
255, 257, 291, 294
Arabia
141, 181–184, 189–190, 203, 205
Arctic
7, 202, 273, 277, 288, 290, 293
Army Group (Germany)
210, 212, 215
Army High Command (Germany)
200, 205, 207, 210, 212–213, 217, 222
Army Veterinary Service (Germany) 198–201
215, 223
artillery
24, 32–33, 35, 66, 69, 76, 87, 89–90, 98–99, 117, 121–122, 124, 126, 129–130, 133, 135–136, 138–140, 142–143, 165, 181, 186, 193, 196, 203, 208, 211–213, 218, 254, 257–262, 269, 290
Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (ANZAC)
148, 153, 162, 168, 181
Balkan Wars
6, 93, 95–110
Barbarossa, Operation
207, 212, 217
Belgium
20, 27, 36, 106, 135, 142, 203–204
Bock, Fedor von
210
Boko Haram
5, 41–58
breeding of horses
97–101, 117–118, 123, 126–128, 130–135, 137–144, 203, 205–206, 217–218, 238
British Army
151–152, 155
British Empire
6, 151, 161
Byzantine period
65, 70
camel
6, 77, 80–81, 83, 89, 147–191
care
20, 22–24, 26, 28, 65, 71, 73–74, 87, 89, 98, 134, 156, 197, 199–202, 205, 213–215, 219–220, 248, 286, 292
cattle
48, 50–51, 58, 65–67, 74–75, 80, 83–85, 87, 89, 95–97, 102, 104–107, 109–110, 122, 140, 179, 236, 238, 284
Caucasus
215, 217
cavalry
1–2, 7, 13, 17, 19, 21–22, 27, 29, 33, 35, 65–66, 68, 70–73, 75, 77, 79, 81, 83, 88–92, 98–100, 117, 121–122, 124, 126, 130–135, 137–138, 143, 162–163, 175, 196, 199, 203, 254, 259, 290
chicken
66–67, 89, 97, 107
co-evolution
16
Columbian Exchange
229
Courland Pocket, Latvia
221
Crimea
219, 221
cross-border mobility
277, 294
death (of horses)
14, 16, 23, 28, 30–31, 33, 35–36, 211, 219–220
debility
254, 265
disease
3, 14, 16–18, 25–29, 31, 34, 39, 108, 199–200, 202, 214, 218, 224, 229, 288
dogs
5, 41–59, 65–67, 71, 73–75, 77–78, 80, 83, 85–86, 89, 95, 103, 160, 229, 233–235, 237, 241–244, 289
donkeys
14, 66, 77–78, 80, 83, 87, 89, 106–109, 175, 239
draught animals
290
Eastern Front (WWII)
197, 202, 208, 213, 215–217, 222
Egypt
29, 43, 148, 152–156, 161–162, 172, 177, 183, 186, 189–191
Eisenhower, Dwight D.
222
elephant
3, 44, 66, 77–87, 89, 172
Equine Council
118, 129–130, 134, 136, 142
exoticism
281
Fennoscandian Arctic
7, 273–293
Finland
273–293
First World War (also: The Great War)
2, 6–7, 42–43, 66, 93–95, 97–99, 101–104, 106, 108–113, 117–119, 123, 140, 147–148, 150–151, 153–154, 161–162, 165, 169, 173, 177, 181, 183, 191, 194, 199, 205, 225–226, 233, 238, 259, 262, 271
France
13, 20, 29, 32, 44–45, 58, 98–99, 106, 122–123, 128, 134, 196, 203–204, 206, 208, 247
French Campaign, WWII, 1940
198, 206
fungi
29
Gallipoli
148, 153, 162, 165–166, 191, 263
geese
65–67, 80, 84–86, 89, 97, 107
Germany
28, 58, 93, 104, 109, 120, 122–123, 136, 195–200, 203–209, 212, 216, 222, 273
glanders
25–28, 199
Greco-Roman antiquity
65
Halder, General Franz
222
horse hospitals
201, 213, 216
horse imports
119–122, 142
horsemeat
105, 206, 212, 221, 222
human-animal relations
3–5, 180, 191, 218, 248–249
icon
6, 229, 239–240, 247
Imperial Camel Corps (ICC, British)
148–151, 153–154, 156, 158–159, 161, 164–166, 168–169, 173–174, 176–178, 180–181, 186, 191
indigenous
162, 222–223, 241, 245–250, 252, 274
Italy
6, 25, 28, 32–36, 117–119, 121–137, 140, 142–142, 196, 203–204
Janów Podlaski Stud Farm (Poland)
205
Kursk, Offensive
218
landmine
50
Lapp codicil
274–276, 294
Lawrence, T.E.
151, 172, 181–191
literary genre
68–69
logistics
2–3, 31, 36, 49, 56, 121, 177, 293
machines
55, 76, 108, 197, 255, 266
Malinois
44–45
marginalization
282
microorganisms
27, 34, 37
Middle East
6, 147–148, 151, 153, 162, 173–177, 181, 191, 194
migratory animals
274
military manuals
6, 65–90, 257
Ministry of Agriculture (Italy)
118, 126–130, 132–134
Ministry of War (Italy)
121, 126, 131–135
mobility
5, 15–20, 22, 25, 27, 31–32, 37, 50, 173, 186, 191, 198, 201, 210, 213, 216, 238, 243, 245, 254, 273, 277, 294
Moscow
24, 29, 196, 207, 210–212, 215, 217
mules
14, 16–17, 19, 22–23, 32–34, 65–66, 77, 79–80, 83, 85–87, 89, 98, 106–107, 109, 121, 123–124, 129, 143, 196, 199, 203, 232, 238–239, 252, 254–255, 257–258, 260, 263, 266, 268, 290
Napoleon
22, 31–32, 34–35
national preparedness
280, 284
Nigeria
43, 48, 53–54
Norway
204, 207, 273–286, 289, 291–295
Ottoman Empire
148, 151
ownership
248, 259–260, 263, 274
oxen
42, 71, 86, 102–103, 106, 108–109
Palestine
6, 148–149, 153–155, 162–163, 169–170, 172, 174, 177–179, 186, 191
Panje
207, 212–213, 217–219
patriotism
265, 282, 287, 294
Poland
22, 196, 203–207
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
269
Prisoners of war (POW)
206, 212, 215–216, 222, 292–293, 295
Racot state stud (Poland)
205
railroads
15, 36, 38
Rapid Intervention Battalion (RIB)
44–45, 48, 53, 55–57
rasputitsa
208, 222
Rau, Gustav
205
Red Army
196, 207, 210, 215, 217, 219, 226
reindeer
7, 273–294
reindeer herding
273, 276, 283, 287
responsibility
16, 139, 200, 238, 258–260
Russia
13–15, 20–21, 23–24, 31, 99, 121–122, 201, 204, 207–208, 210, 276, 281–283, 292
Sámi
273–278, 280–287, 291, 293–295
Sápmi
274, 275–276, 280, 282, 286
Schulze, Curt
200
seasonal migrations
275, 278, 289
Serbia
6, 93, 95–97, 99, 101–103, 105, 107–111, 113, 264
Sevastopol
221
shell-shock
262, 267
shepherds
44–45
siege engines
69
Sinai
6, 148–149, 162–164, 169, 172–174, 178, 186, 191
soldier-horse relationship
4, 7, 254, 256–258, 267, 270
Spain
23–24, 30, 236–237, 242, 249
Spanish colonies
229–250
stables
17–18, 22, 26–27, 35, 202, 257–259, 263, 268
Stalingrad
196, 212, 214–215
stress
261–262, 264, 266
studs
127, 140, 143, 205–206, 217
Soviet Union
196–198, 204–209, 213, 215, 226, 273, 278, 281, 287, 290, 293
stallions
100, 117–118, 124, 127–131, 133–143, 205, 217–218
stratagems
68–70, 72, 77–78, 80–81, 83
stud farms
205–206, 217–218
suicide bombing
46, 51–54
Sweden
273–277, 280, 282–284, 289, 291–296
technology
36, 46–47, 50, 55, 256, 293
trust
220, 267, 285
Ukraine
196, 204, 207, 212, 215–216
veterinarians
28, 198–203, 205, 213–216, 221, 223
veterinary schools
27, 130–131, 133–135, 139
veterinary medicine
18
Voronezh (WWII)
220
Vichy France
207
war neurosis
254, 262
war trauma
254, 262
World War II
7, 9, 198, 203, 205, 215, 226, 273, 277, 290, 296
Xenophon
65, 68, 70–74, 89–90