American Commando; Evans Carlson, His WWII Marine Raiders, and America's First Special Forces Mission
by John Wukovits
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 0451226925
- ISBN 13
- 9780451226921
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: NAL Caliber, 2009 NAL Caliber, New York. 2009. Hardcover. Stated First Printing. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: As New. DJ: As New; NOT Price clipped. Orange boards with black overlay on spine with bright rust lettering on spine. 337 pp 8vo. LTC Carlson spent years observing guerrilla tactics around the world and when thrust into the jungles of Guadalcanal in 1942, he and his 2d Raider Battalion embarked upon a thirty day mission behind Japanese lines disrupting Japanese supplies, inflicting a string of defeats in open combat, and gathered valuable intelligence on Japanese operations in Guadalcanal. In the process, they laid the foundation for the need for Special Forces. A clean pristine copy.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005246
- Title
- American Commando; Evans Carlson, His WWII Marine Raiders, and America's First Special Forces Mission
- Author
- John Wukovits
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0451226925
- ISBN 13
- 9780451226921
- Publisher
- NAL Caliber
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 2009
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Guadalcanal, World War II in the Pacific, Special Forces, Japanese Army, 2d Marine Raider Battalion, LTC Evans Carlson, Carlson's Raiders, guerrilla warfare,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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