The glory guys : the story of the U.S. Army Rangers /
Sizer, Mona D.
The glory guys : the story of the U.S. Army Rangers / Mona D. Sizer. - Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub. : Distributed by National Book Network., 2010. - viii, 293 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Distributed by national book network. 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 -- One warrior's experience--ranger training school : Robert L. Pickett -- The glory ethos -- Further readings about ranger battalions.
9781589793927 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781589794764 (electronic)
2009024609
United States. Army --Commando troops--History.
United States. Army --Commando troops--Biography.
United States--History, Military.
UA34.R36 / S59 2010
356/.1670973
The glory guys : the story of the U.S. Army Rangers / Mona D. Sizer. - Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub. : Distributed by National Book Network., 2010. - viii, 293 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Distributed by national book network. 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 -- One warrior's experience--ranger training school : Robert L. Pickett -- The glory ethos -- Further readings about ranger battalions.
9781589793927 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781589794764 (electronic)
2009024609
United States. Army --Commando troops--History.
United States. Army --Commando troops--Biography.
United States--History, Military.
UA34.R36 / S59 2010
356/.1670973