The Sniper Anthology

by Gilbert, Adrian; McKenney, Tom C.; Mills, Dan; Moorhouse, Roger; Newark, Tim

• ISBN13: 9781455616824
• ISBN10: 1455616826
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-02-03
• Publisher: Pelican Pub Co Inc

Summary

Dramatic first-hand accounts of daring sniper missions. Revered by some as the ultimate warrior and condemned by others as ruthless assassins, the combat sniper is more than just a crack shot. This collection of biographies, written by leading military historians, explores the careers of the top snipers of World War II. Remarkable resources including firsthand accounts provide the authors insight into the snipers' skill and personae. These gripping, in-depth narratives go beyond the cursory treatment in existing histories and are essential reading for anyone wanting to learn about the role and technique of the sniper during the Second World War.

Author Biography

Adrian Gilbert author of Stalk and Kill: The Sniper Experience on the Werhmacht sharpshooter and 'Ione wolf' Sepp Allerberger. Tom C. Mckenney author of Battlefield Sniper: Over 100 Civil War Kills on West Tennesee-born marksman Bert Wilson Kemp. Dan Mills author of Sniper One: The Blistering True Story of a British Group Under Siege on the British Army sniper Patrick Devlin. Roger Moorhouse author of Killing Hitler: The Third Reich and the Plots Against the Fhrer on Simo Hyh - the most prolific shooter of the Second World War. Tim Newark author of The Mafia at War: Allied Collusion with the Mob on Operation Foxley, British sniping and the hunt for Hitler. Martin Pegler author of Out of Nowhere: A History of the Military Sniper on the Soviet sniper Vassili Zaitsev. Charles W. Sasser, author of One Shot, One Kill: American Combat Snipers, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Beirut on the deadly Soviet markswomen Lyudmila Pavlichenko. Mark Spicer author of Illustrated Manual of Sniper Skills on Harry Furness - the last surviving British sniper who went ashore on D-Day. Leroy Thompson author of The Counterterrorist Manual: A Practical Guide to Elite International Units on Captain C. Shore - the British sniper, trainer, theorist and historian. John B. Tonkin, historian and former U.S. Marine, on Japanese snipers.

Table of Contents

The Contributors	p. vii
List of Plates	p. xi
Introduction	p. xv
Simo Häyhä: The White Death	p. 1
Lyudmila Pavlichenko: Most Dangerous Woman on Earth	p. 15
Bert Kemp: A Reluctant Warrior with a Deadly Gift	p. 35
Operation Foxley: British Sniping and the Hunt for Hitler	p. 61
Japanese Sniper: A Long Walk to a Short Life	p. 71
Vassili Zaitsev: The Sailor of Stalingrad	p. 114
Clifford Shore: British Sniper, Trainer, Theorist and Historian	p. 135
Sepp Allerberger: Wehrmacht Scharfschützen	p. 154
Patrick Devlin: Fighting Irishman	p. 170
Hairy M. Furness: Fieldcraft Expert	p. 189
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