Long Range Desert Group (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) [Paperback]

Kennedy Shaw (Author)

Book Description

Series: Greenhill Military Paperbacks | Publication Date: September 4, 2000

Throughout the fighting in North Africa in WWII, the Long Range Desert Group excelled in the role of special forces. Shaw served as an Intelligence Officer with this remarkable British unit, and in this classic account relates their daring exploits in special missions against Rommel's Afrika Korps.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Greenhill Books (September 4, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1853674079
• ISBN-13: 978-1853674075
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #939,398 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't have this book, you should !, December 23, 2000

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James Stephens (Hattiesburg, Mississippi) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long Range Desert Group (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) (Paperback)

This is as candid and forthright an account of life in the LRDG as you will ever find. Kennedy Shaw wrote this book in 1943 as the exploits of the LRDG in North Africa were coming to a close and the story flows with a freshness that time has not diminished.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, but not much context, March 31, 2002

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David N. Thielen (Boulder, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Long Range Desert Group (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) (Paperback)

This book is about one of the more interesting groups from WWII. And it does a very good job of describing living in that group and some of the actions they partook in.
But it doesn't provide much context for what they did. Very little about how their actions worked with what was happening between the armies in North Africa and why what they did helped so much.
So if you want to know what life was like in the LRDG, this book is good (not great). If you want to know why what they did mattered - there's not much here.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars the desert is neutral, July 25, 2000

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Gary Michael Anderson - See all my reviews

This review is from: Long Range Desert Group (Greenhill Military Paperbacks) (Paperback)

Great book written by someone who was there. Many of the logistics taken for granted by todays special operations groups were thought up by these guys. Interestingly most of the force was made of of individuals from the Commonwealth and not England. For more detailed information go to Long Range Desert Preservation Group on internet.