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Author:
Sizer, Mona D.
Title:
The glory guys : the story of the U.S. Army Rangers / Mona D. Sizer.
Publisher:
Distributed by National Book Network,
Copyright Date:
c2010
Description:
viii, 293 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
United States.--Army--History.--History.
United States--History, Military.
United States.--Army--Commando troops--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
A new kind of warrior : Captain Robert Rogers -- America's most famous soldier after George Washington : "Swamp Fox" Marion -- Old Rough and Ready's "lawless set" : Captain Ben McCulloch and the Texas Rangers -- The un-Civil War -- Scott's anaconda, the blockade, and the man who made it work : Commander William Barker Cushing -- The gray ghost of the Confederacy : John Singleton Mosby -- The tragedy of World War II -- The point of the spear : William Orlando Darby -- Marauders in the jungle : Frank Merrill -- Take the high ground : James Earl Rudder -- From the Pusan perimeter to the Chongchon River : Ralph Puckett -- A new kind of warfare -- Ranger training school : one warrior's experience / Robert L. Pickett -- The glory ethos -- Further readings about Ranger battalions.
ISBN:
1589793927 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781589793927 (cloth : alk. paper) :
OCLC:
(OCoLC)401715781
LCCN:
2009024609
Locations:
IBAX173 -- North Iowa Area Community College Library (Mason City)

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