Special Operations in the American Revolution

Tonsetic, Robert L

Casemate Publishers（2020/10発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 288 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781612008936
• DDC分類 973.33

Full Description

"What is unique about this book is the perspective. To a modern-day reader, specialops conjure images of highly trained and exotically equipped soldiers leaping out ofhelicopters and Zodiac boats to wipe out terrorists. . . . In an era when warfare was supposed to be gentlemanly and follow certain rules, did Washington and his contemporaries embrace special operations? The answer would seem to be, 'Yes.' Even if they didn't use the term 'special ops,' they were willing to employ elite reconnaissance units, spies and partisan bands. Washington didn't have SEAL Team 6. But he made good use of what he had." - The National Interest

 

When the American Revolution began, the colonial troops had little hope of matching His Majesty's highly trained, experienced British and German legions in confrontational battle. In this book, renowned author, and former U.S. Army Colonel, Robert Tonsetic describes and analyzes numerous examples of special operations conducted during the Revolution.

Contents

Prologue

1 The Capture Of Fort Ticonderoga

2 The New Providence Raid

3 Knowlton's Rangers

4 Whitcomb's Rangers

5 John Paul Jones' Raids On Britain's Coast

6 Partisan Warfare In The Northern Theater

7 The Rise Of Partisan Warfare In The Southern Theater

8 The Whaleboat Wars

9 George Rogers Clark's March To Vincennes

Epilogue

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index