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Raiders or Elite Infantry? - The Changing Role of the U.S. Army Rangers from Dieppe to Grenada (Hardcover, New)
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Raiders or Elite Infantry? - The Changing Role of the U.S. Army Rangers from Dieppe to Grenada (Hardcover, New)
Series: Contributions in Military Studies
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How have the U.S. Army Rangers acted as special operations forces
in military operations since 1942? Hogan's study examines the
nature and purpose of the Rangers over the past fifty years and
shows how they have served as scouts, raiders, assault troops, and
elite infantry. They have spearheaded amphibious landings, raided
enemy prison camps, patrolled behind enemy lines in Korea, served
alongside Green Berets in Vietnam, and carried out special missions
in Grenada. Professional officers, military historians, students,
and general readers will find this a fascinating history. This
analytical account opens with a short description of the origins of
the Ranger legend in America and then moves to a discussion of
their use in World War II, as commandos in 1942, then as
spearheaders in 1943 and 1944, as line infantry in Europe and as
special operations forces in the Pacific. This provocative
assessment also traces the development of Ranger raider units in
Korea, the special training and use of Green Berets as Rangers in
Vietnam, and the shifting of Ranger roles into more complex and
varied types of operations in Vietnam and Grenada and in a world of
increasing terrorism and changing combat situations. Illustrations,
maps, and a lengthy bibliography add to the usefulness of the
study.
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