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Bezig met laden... American Commando: Evans Carlson, His WW II Marine Raiders, and America's First Special Forces Missiondoor John Wukovits
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Before the Green Berets...Before the Navy SEALs...Before the Army Rangers...There was the Long Patrol. November 1942: in the hellish combat zone of Guadalcanal, one man would make history. Lt. Col. Evans Carlson was considered a maverick by many of his comrades-and an outright traitor by others. He spent years observing guerrilla tactics all over the world, and knew that those tactics could be used effectively by the Marines. Carlson and an elite fighting force-the 2nd Raider Battalion-embarked upon a thirty-day mission behind enemy lines where they disrupted Japanese supplies, inflicted a string of defeats on the enemy in open combat, and gathered invaluable intelligence on Japanese operations on Guadalcanal. And in the process they laid the foundation for every branch of Special Forces in the modern military. Here, for the first time, is a riveting account of one man, one battalion, and one mission that would forever change the ways of warfare. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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The editing or proofreading is almost flawless. All I found wrong was that on page 274 "rebounded" should have been "redounded." Also there is an odd reference to a "Cpl I” (i.e., Corporal, he uses these type abbreviations throughout). The index doesn't list such a person or anyone relevant whose last name starts with that letter; nor was there anyone named Eye.
The author criticizes Carlson but never expresses a personal opinion about him; he leaves it to the reader to draw these inferences. What's clear is that Carlson had a short career in WWII and his active involvement on the battlefield was over by the end of 1942. He retired soon after the war ended and died in 1947 so the only record he left behind is in his official reports. His accomplishments were overshadowed by place names like Tarawa, Iwo Jima and Okinawa and his innovations and tactics were not applicable to those titanic battles.
Still, I was long curious about Carlson's Marine Raiders and now I know the full story. I am glad this book was written and that I have read it. The bottom line is that Carlson was a maverick and his career suffered accordingly. Once President Roosevelt's son James aka "Jimmy" was no longer assigned to the Raiders, Carlson's star faded quickly. (