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- Book Title
- Special Operations in World War II: British and American Irregula
- Publication Date
- 2013-10-31
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN
- 9780806143965
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN-10
0806143967
ISBN-13
9780806143965
eBay Product ID (ePID)
166427175
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Special Operations in World War II : British and American Irregular Warfare
Publication Year
2013
Subject
Military / Special Forces, Military / World War II, Military / United States, Europe / Great Britain / General
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
History
Series
Campaigns and Commanders Ser.
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.2 in
Item Weight
25.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Series Volume Number
39
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
British and American commanders first used modern special forces in support of conventional military operations during World War II. Since then, although special ops have featured prominently in popular culture and media coverage of wars, the academic study of irregular warfare has remained as elusive as the practitioners of special operations themselves. This book is the first comprehensive study of the development, application, and value of Anglo-American commando and special forces units during the Second World War., British and American commanders first used modern special forces in support of conventional military operations during World War II. Since then, although special ops have featured prominently in popular culture and media coverage of wars, the academic study of irregular warfare has remained as elusive as the practitioners of special operations themselves. This book is the first comprehensive study of the development, application, and value of Anglo-American commando and special forces units during the Second World War. Special forces are intensively trained, specially selected military units performing unconventional and often high-risk missions. In this book, Andrew L. Hargreaves not only describes tactics and operations but also outlines the distinctions between commandos and special forces, traces their evolution during the war, explains how the Anglo-American alliance functioned in the creation and use of these units, looks at their command and control arrangements, evaluates their impact, and assesses their cost-effectiveness. The first real impetus for the creation of British specialist formations came in the desperate summer of 1940 when, having been pushed out of Europe following defeat in France and the Low Countries, Britain began to turn to irregular forces in an effort to wrest back the strategic initiative from the enemy. The development of special forces by the United States was also a direct consequence of defeat. After Pearl Harbor, Hargreaves shows, the Americans found themselves in much the same position as Britain had been in 1940: shocked, outnumbered, and conventionally defeated, they were unable to come to grips with the enemy on a large scale. By the end of the war, a variety of these units had overcome a multitude of evolutionary hurdles and made valuable contributions to practically every theater of operation. In describing how Britain and the United States worked independently and cooperatively to invent and put into practice a fundamentally new way of waging war, this book demonstrates the two nations' flexibility, adaptability, and ability to innovate during World War II.
LC Classification Number
D794.5.H36 2013
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