American Commando Evans Carlson, His WW II Marine Raiders, and America's First Special Forces Mission

by Wukovits, John

• ISBN13: 9780451226921
• ISBN10: 0451226925
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-02
• Publisher: NAL Hardcover

Summary

Before the Green Berets…Before the Navy SEALs…Before the Army Rangers…There was the Long Patrol. November 1942: in the hellish combat zone of Guadalcanal, one man would make history. Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson was considered a maverick by many of his comrades—and seen as a traitor by some. He spent years observing guerrilla tactics all over the world, and knew that those tactics could be adapted effectively by the Marines. Carlson and an elite fighting force—the 2nd Raider Battalion—embarked upon a thirty-day mission behind enemy lines where they disrupted Japanese supplies, inflicted a string of defeats on the enemy in open combat, and gathered invaluable intelligence on Japanese operations on Guadalcanal. And in the process they helped lay the foundation for Special Forces in the modern military. Here for the first time is a riveting account of one man, one battalion, and one mission that would resonate through the annals of military history.

Author Biography

John Wukovits is the author of One Square Mile of Hell and Pacific Alamo, as well as several military biographies and articles.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. ix
Reaching for the Stars, but Never Touching Them	p. 1
Specially Trained Troops of the Hunter Class	p. 19
We Could Have Taken on John Dillinger	p. 42
We Were Itching for a Fight	p. 68
It Seemed That Confusion Reigned Supreme	p. 89
It Will Forever Remain a Ghastly Nightmare	p. 120
A Poor Fit with the Map	p. 146
We Rode to the Sound of the Guns	p. 174
The Law of the Jungle	p. 203
Where No Other Marines Have Ever Been	p. 232
Once I Walked with Giants	p. 257
Endnotes	p. 279
Bibliography	p. 305
Index	p. 329
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