U. S. Special Warfare. The Elite Combat Skills Of America's Modern Armed Forces

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc
Publisher Place: Cambridgew MA
Publisher Year: 2004
Edition: First Edition

Description: 230 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout. A Handy Guide To The Unique Combat Skills Of America's Armed Forces.For Centuries, The Job Of Everyday Soldiers, The 'grunts', Was The Same-'see The Hill, Take The Hill'. But Often In The History Of Warfare, The Grunts Needed The Skills Of Specialists-sappers, Seige Machine Builders, Marksmen, And Spies- To Overcome Uniquely Challenging Battle Conditions. From The Time Of Alexander The Great To General Eisenhower, Armies Have Depended On Specialists To Win Battles.

Publishers Description: For many centuries, the job of everyday soldiers, the "grunts," was the same-"see the hill, take the hill." But the combat role of today's U.S. soldier has undergone a radical change. The recent revolution in the art of soldiering in America emphasizes a smaller, but more highly specialized and technologically equipped, armed force. Now, even everyday soldiers in America's armed forces specialize in elite combat skills that use the very latest high-tech equipment.After basic training, many of today's recruits continue advanced training in one of the new emerging combat specialties, such as urban, mountain and arctic warfare; amphibious, underwater and small boat operations; modern cavalry combat; sniping; military intelligence and psychological warfare; search and rescue procedures, and combat engineering.In lively and entertaining prose, military historian Sam Southworth describes these emerging combat specialties-as well as the training and equipment for each-that characterize America's fighting force today.

ISBN: 9780306813573