Author: James C. Donahue
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312961640
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Without artillery support, without reinforcements, they turned a suicide mission into a success. Battered and depleted by the Vietcong guerrillas' sadistic style of warfare, allied intelligence unleashed their secret weapon: an experimental Army Special Forces unit that the government brass didn't know existed. They used the enemy's booby-trapped trails and grenade-in-you-backpack tactics in a sprawling mass of jungle. James C. Donahue, a member of Operation Blackjack-31, chronicles the treacherous trek through War Zone D by thirteen handpicked Green Berets who infiltrated the VC's "secret zone" and proved just how far determination can go.
Mobile Guerrilla Force
Author: James C. Donahue
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312961640
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Without artillery support, without reinforcements, they turned a suicide mission into a success. Battered and depleted by the Vietcong guerrillas' sadistic style of warfare, allied intelligence unleashed their secret weapon: an experimental Army Special Forces unit that the government brass didn't know existed. They used the enemy's booby-trapped trails and grenade-in-you-backpack tactics in a sprawling mass of jungle. James C. Donahue, a member of Operation Blackjack-31, chronicles the treacherous trek through War Zone D by thirteen handpicked Green Berets who infiltrated the VC's "secret zone" and proved just how far determination can go.
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 9780312961640
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 316
Book Description
Without artillery support, without reinforcements, they turned a suicide mission into a success. Battered and depleted by the Vietcong guerrillas' sadistic style of warfare, allied intelligence unleashed their secret weapon: an experimental Army Special Forces unit that the government brass didn't know existed. They used the enemy's booby-trapped trails and grenade-in-you-backpack tactics in a sprawling mass of jungle. James C. Donahue, a member of Operation Blackjack-31, chronicles the treacherous trek through War Zone D by thirteen handpicked Green Berets who infiltrated the VC's "secret zone" and proved just how far determination can go.
Hard to Forget
Author: Steven M. Yedinak
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780804118095
Category : Guerrilla warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the glory days of the Green Berets, he served with the very best. U.S. Army captain and Green Beret, Steven M. Yedinak, welcomes readers to the year 1966, and to the Mobile Guerrilla Force (MGF), where soldiers must prepare to be outmanned, outgunned, and deep in enemy territory, with no chance of artillery support or medevac. This is a rare firsthand account of the U.S.'s only attempt at guerrilla warfare in Vietnam.
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 9780804118095
Category : Guerrilla warfare
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In the glory days of the Green Berets, he served with the very best. U.S. Army captain and Green Beret, Steven M. Yedinak, welcomes readers to the year 1966, and to the Mobile Guerrilla Force (MGF), where soldiers must prepare to be outmanned, outgunned, and deep in enemy territory, with no chance of artillery support or medevac. This is a rare firsthand account of the U.S.'s only attempt at guerrilla warfare in Vietnam.
Mobile Strike Forces in Vietnam 1966–70
Author: Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472804600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Featuring battlescene maps, contemporary photographs and diagrams throughout, this is the first organizational history of the MIKE forces in combat. US Special Forces in Vietnam created the Civilian Irregular Defence Group (CIDG), a large paramilitary organization designed to protect the local population from Viet Cong incursions, whilst conducting border surveillance, raids and combat patrols in the local area. Their camps were often overrun and having no spare manpower the US Special Forces created dedicated reaction units which could act in a responsive and flexible manner - Mobile Strike (MIKE) Forces. This book examines the MIKE Force units, which were formed from the CIDG, the parachute and airmobile training they were given, and the operations that they undertook, from relieving friendly camps to independent offensive operations.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1472804600
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
Featuring battlescene maps, contemporary photographs and diagrams throughout, this is the first organizational history of the MIKE forces in combat. US Special Forces in Vietnam created the Civilian Irregular Defence Group (CIDG), a large paramilitary organization designed to protect the local population from Viet Cong incursions, whilst conducting border surveillance, raids and combat patrols in the local area. Their camps were often overrun and having no spare manpower the US Special Forces created dedicated reaction units which could act in a responsive and flexible manner - Mobile Strike (MIKE) Forces. This book examines the MIKE Force units, which were formed from the CIDG, the parachute and airmobile training they were given, and the operations that they undertook, from relieving friendly camps to independent offensive operations.
On Guerrilla Warfare
Author: Mao Tse-tung
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486119572
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The first documented, systematic study of a truly revolutionary subject, this 1937 text remains the definitive guide to guerrilla warfare. It concisely explains unorthodox strategies that transform disadvantages into benefits.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486119572
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
The first documented, systematic study of a truly revolutionary subject, this 1937 text remains the definitive guide to guerrilla warfare. It concisely explains unorthodox strategies that transform disadvantages into benefits.
Blackjack-33
Author: James C. Donahue
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 0307755215
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
“You have to react instinctively. In this game there’s no second place, only the quick and the dead.” In Vietnam, Mobile Guerrilla Force conducted unconventional operations against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. Armed with silencer-equipped MK-II British Sten guns, M-16s, M-79s, and M-60 machine guns, the men of the Mobile Guerrilla Force operated in the steamy, triple-canopy jungle owned by the NVA and VC, destroying base camps, ambushing patrols, and gathering the intelligence that General Westmoreland desperately needed. In 1967, James Donahue was a Special Forces medic and assistant platoon leader assigned to the Mobile Guerrilla Force and their fiercely anti-Communist Cambodian freedom fighters. Their mission: to locate the 271st Main Force Viet Cong Regiment so they could be engaged and destroyed by the 1st Infantry Division. Now, with the brutal, unflinching honesty only an eye witness could possess, Donahue relives the adrenaline rush of firefights, air strikes, human wave attacks, ambushes, and attacks on enemy base camps. Following the operation the surviving Special Forces members of the Mobile Guerrilla Force were decorated by Major General John Hay, Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division.
Publisher: Presidio Press
ISBN: 0307755215
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
“You have to react instinctively. In this game there’s no second place, only the quick and the dead.” In Vietnam, Mobile Guerrilla Force conducted unconventional operations against the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army. Armed with silencer-equipped MK-II British Sten guns, M-16s, M-79s, and M-60 machine guns, the men of the Mobile Guerrilla Force operated in the steamy, triple-canopy jungle owned by the NVA and VC, destroying base camps, ambushing patrols, and gathering the intelligence that General Westmoreland desperately needed. In 1967, James Donahue was a Special Forces medic and assistant platoon leader assigned to the Mobile Guerrilla Force and their fiercely anti-Communist Cambodian freedom fighters. Their mission: to locate the 271st Main Force Viet Cong Regiment so they could be engaged and destroyed by the 1st Infantry Division. Now, with the brutal, unflinching honesty only an eye witness could possess, Donahue relives the adrenaline rush of firefights, air strikes, human wave attacks, ambushes, and attacks on enemy base camps. Following the operation the surviving Special Forces members of the Mobile Guerrilla Force were decorated by Major General John Hay, Commanding General, 1st Infantry Division.
Guerrilla Warfare
Author: Bert 'Yank' Levy
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141903449
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
1941. Britain is under some of the heaviest air raids of the Second World War. Concerns about Nazi paratroopers landing in Britain and invading take hold in the hearts of the British citizenry. The Home Guard has been mobilised to defend against airborne assault – and it needs training. ‘Yank’ Levy is brought in to Osterley Park to teach guerrilla warfare, from practical experience in the Spanish Civil War. ‘Yank’ trains soldiers of the Home Guard how to use surveillance, defend against tanks and armoured vehicles, how to fight in towns and across country and against a well-supplied, highly-trained and mobile occupying force. His book, Guerrilla Warfare offers such sound advice as: ‘Whether you go to a tea-party or to work on your allotment...take your rifle with you. Don’t leave it downstairs for a German to grab if he enters the house’ and 'Your motto should always be: ‘Finish them! Then a quick get-away, and another ambush some place else’’
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 0141903449
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
1941. Britain is under some of the heaviest air raids of the Second World War. Concerns about Nazi paratroopers landing in Britain and invading take hold in the hearts of the British citizenry. The Home Guard has been mobilised to defend against airborne assault – and it needs training. ‘Yank’ Levy is brought in to Osterley Park to teach guerrilla warfare, from practical experience in the Spanish Civil War. ‘Yank’ trains soldiers of the Home Guard how to use surveillance, defend against tanks and armoured vehicles, how to fight in towns and across country and against a well-supplied, highly-trained and mobile occupying force. His book, Guerrilla Warfare offers such sound advice as: ‘Whether you go to a tea-party or to work on your allotment...take your rifle with you. Don’t leave it downstairs for a German to grab if he enters the house’ and 'Your motto should always be: ‘Finish them! Then a quick get-away, and another ambush some place else’’
The Guerrilla and how to Fight Him
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Invisible Armies: An Epic History of Guerrilla Warfare from Ancient Times to the Present
Author: Max Boot
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871404249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 809
Book Description
As fitting for the 21st century as von Clausewitz's "On War" was in its own time, "Invisible Armies" is a complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0871404249
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 809
Book Description
As fitting for the 21st century as von Clausewitz's "On War" was in its own time, "Invisible Armies" is a complete global history of guerrilla uprisings through the ages.
The Evolution of US Army Tactical Doctrine, 1946-76
Author: Robert A. Doughty
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Military art and science
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Wendell Fertig and His Guerrilla Forces in the Philippines
Author: Kent Holmes
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476621187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Creating a guerrilla movement to fight the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942-1945) presented Colonel Wendell Fertig with some formidable challenges. Unlike the other islands in the archipelago, Mindanao had a large Moslem (Moro) population. Using Moro and American leadership he brought the Moro people into the movement. Fertig lacked good communication with MacArthur's headquarters in Australia. With ingenuity and talented technical personnel he solved this problem, and increased the logistical support for the guerrillas by submarine from Australia. As the force expanded, Fertig was fortunate to recruit leadership from 187 Americans--military and civilian--who had not surrendered to the Japanese. The resulting force, with its intelligence from coastal watch stations, added six guerrilla divisions to U.S. military strength for the 1945 liberation of Mindanao, a contribution unique in the history of unconventional warfare.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476621187
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 243
Book Description
Creating a guerrilla movement to fight the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942-1945) presented Colonel Wendell Fertig with some formidable challenges. Unlike the other islands in the archipelago, Mindanao had a large Moslem (Moro) population. Using Moro and American leadership he brought the Moro people into the movement. Fertig lacked good communication with MacArthur's headquarters in Australia. With ingenuity and talented technical personnel he solved this problem, and increased the logistical support for the guerrillas by submarine from Australia. As the force expanded, Fertig was fortunate to recruit leadership from 187 Americans--military and civilian--who had not surrendered to the Japanese. The resulting force, with its intelligence from coastal watch stations, added six guerrilla divisions to U.S. military strength for the 1945 liberation of Mindanao, a contribution unique in the history of unconventional warfare.