Close-quarter Combat: A Soldier’s Guide To Hand-To-Hand Fighting [Paperback]

Leonard Holifield (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1997

This shocking manual takes you through the army's close-quarter combat system as taught by its master instructor. Find out how to break a man's arm after disarming him, do a bad guy with a bayonet or entrenching tool and many more battlefield techniques. For academic study only.

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Paladin Press (May 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0873649249
• ISBN-13: 978-0873649247
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #955,929 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars An inferior Hand-to-Hand Combat Manual, June 19, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Close-quarter Combat: A Soldier’s Guide To Hand-To-Hand Fighting (Paperback)

This is simply a poor book. The moves are, as an earlier reviewer pointed out, overly complex. The moves borrow too heavily from jiu-jutso, which seems to be endemic among the Army's hand-to-hand combat program. A much bettter book on the subject of Close-Quarters Battle is "CLOSE COMBAT" by USMC; the Marines' system is much more simple and pragmatic. Their book is also almost half the price of this nonsense and 10 times as detailed.

Though the book was definetly a waste of money t does have, however, a good psychological ops section and some good techniques for the reversal/counter to punches.

Other good books besides "CLOSE COMBAT" regarding HtH include "Get Tough" by Capt. Fairbairn and "Commando Fighting Techniques" by Jim Wilson and Paul Evans, all availible through Amazon.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Book!, March 9, 2005

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Tank (Iraq) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Close-quarter Combat: A Soldier’s Guide To Hand-To-Hand Fighting (Paperback)

I just came off a 9 month tour in Iraq and decided to look into some training material on hand to hand combat to share with my men when I return to Iraq. Holifield's name had come up in previous discussions regarding close combat training so I decided to purchase his book and videos upon my return. For those of you who may be unsure about purchasing this book due to some negative reviews, don't be swayed! From my point of view, the book was written as a basic guide to close quarter combat, and targeted for the average foot soldier (not so much spec ops). In that regard the book is perfect! It breaks down each move and is laid out in a easy to understand format. His video series on the other hand is unreal! He is a dangerous man and knows what the hell he's talking about. If you go to war and meet the enemy face-to-face, you want Holifield with you for sure!!! Buy the book for the basics and the video to finish the job!

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars limited practical use, July 13, 2000

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Kenneth Whitaker - See all my reviews

This review is from: Close-quarter Combat: A Soldier’s Guide To Hand-To-Hand Fighting (Paperback)

The grappling section of this book is extremely poor, so are throws and the failing techniques. The fighting techniques are basic hard style karate. The pistol disarms, if actually used would likely end with the death of the hostage. The only thing I liked were the rifle techniques and even then they were used on an unarmed opponent. Save your $ and go see an instructor.