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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Consistently interesting.,
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This review is from: Great Raids in History: From Drake to Desert One (Hardcover)
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Daring actions by small units have always excited the imagination, not least because they affirm that individual initiative and courage count for something in the impersonal forces of war. Here is a fine collection of accounts of some of those raids, from Elizabethan times to the present, beautifully written and (generally) well researched. Stephen Tanner's essays on Custer and Skorzeny particularly stand out as lively, reliable history writing. Less praiseworthy are the efforts of the conspiracy theorist who always seems to find American perfidy in every Allied reverse. With photos, bibliography, and an excellent index.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great collection of historical military raids,
By Mike (Florida) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Great Raids in History: From Drake to Desert One (Hardcover)
Very good book. Good mix of well-known and little known events in history. Great collection!
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Great Raids in History: From Drake to Desert One by Samuel A. Southworth (Hardcover - April 21, 1997)
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