June 2023 MBR The Military Shelf

The Military Shelf

Operation Rype
Frode Lindgjerdet
Casemate Publishers
www.casematepublishers.com
9781636241340, $37.95, HC, 288pp

https://www.amazon.com/Operation-Rype-Railway-Sabotage-Mission/dp/1636241344

Synopsis: To prevent German occupying forces in Norway from reinforcing their defenses during the final months of World War II, the Office of Strategic Services launched Operation Rype, with the mission of sabotaging the Nordland Railway in Mid-Norway. Rype was led by Major William E. Colby, later director of the CIA.

After several delays, the Norwegian Special Operations Group (NORSO) dropped over the Sn sa mountains on the night of March 24. Out of eight B-24s, only three dropped on target. One dropped in Sweden, the remaining four returned to Britain. Two of the B-24s crashed, killing all but one of their crews. Reinforcement and resupply of the unit failed due to extreme Arctic conditions.

Relying heavily on help from the Norwegian resistance, NORSO managed to sever the railway at two points. On both occasions, they withdrew with the Germans hot on their tail. On May 2, a German patrol blundered into their camp, resulting in the killing of all of the Germans and one wounded Norwegian resistance fighter. Whether the Germans were killed in the ensuing firefight, or were executed later, has been hotly debated ever since.

After the war ended, NORSO was allowed down from the mountains, but were sent on bogus missions by the British commanders in Trondheim. They eventually managed to get recognition for their contribution to victory.

"Operation Rype: A WWII OSS Railway Sabotage Mission in Norway" by Frode Lindgjerdet is a new history of the operation is based on German, Norwegian, American and Swedish sources. It examines how the outcome of the operation was affected by the limitations of equipment in sub-Arctic conditions, and British-American rivalry and cooperation throughout the operation.

Critique: Informatively enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of a sixteen page set of Bibliographies, a two page Glossary, a two page Bibliography, eighteen pages of Endnotes, and a three page Index, "Operation Rype: A WWII OSS Railway Sabotage Mission in Norway" is an exceptionally interesting and thoroughly documented action that is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library World War II European/Norwegian battlefield histories. It should be noted for students, academia, and military history buffs that "Operation Rype: A WWII OSS Railway Sabotage Mission in Norway" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $20.95).

Editorial Note: Frode Lindgjerdet works for Norwegian Armed Forces Museums, he is also a lecturer and author. He is an SSGT with the Norwegian Home Guard.

First Fights in Fallujah
Lieutenant Colonel David E. Kelly, USMC (Ret.)
Casemate Publishers
www.casematepublishers.com
9781636243184, $37.95, HC, 344pp

https://www.amazon.com/First-Fights-Fallujah-Operation-Vigilant/dp/1636243185

Synopsis: In March 2004, the unprovoked ambush killing and desecration of the bodies of American civilian security contractors in Fallujah, Iraq, caused the National Command Authorities in Washington, DC. to demand that the newly arrived Marine Expeditionary Force there take action against the perpetrators and other insurgent forces. Planned Stability and Support Operations were cast aside as insurgent fighters dared the Marines to enter Fallujah.

Marine infantrymen, tankers, helicopter crews, and amphibious vehicle drivers all pitched into high-intensity battles and firefights during the first fights of Fallujah in April 2004. Across the board cooperation and innovation marked these fighting Marines in combined arms fights that no one expected. Marines fought in the streets, conducted house-to-house searches, cleared buildings of enemy, and used tank main guns in direct support of urban environment operations.

Helicopter crews supported operations on the ground with rockets and machine-gun fire, and Amtrac Marines transported forces to face enemy RPG and machine-gun fire. Marines from infantry squad members to a battalion commander were interviewed by Marine Corps field historians within days or weeks of the events at nearby combat outposts and camps.

With the publication of "First Fights in Fallujah: Marines During Operation Vigilant Resolve, in Iraq, April 2004", David Kelly deftly combines these interview notes and the words of the men themselves to create a unique narrative of Marines in this combat. Casualties only stiffened the will of the Marines to crush the enemy.

A late April political plan called for the withdrawal of Marine forces from the city, and Marines at every level, though frustrated, understood the need to allow this attempted solution to play itself out.

Critique: Featuring the inclusion of a section of full color photos, an eighteen page Glossary, a two page listing of Sources and Further Reading, and a six page Index, "First Fights in Fallujah: Marines During Operation Vigilant Resolve, in Iraq, April 2004" is an inherently fascinating and detailed account of a major military operation, the first in what would become one of America's longest lasting wars. While also available for the personal reading list of dedicated military history buffs in a digital book format (Kindle, $17.99), "First Fights in Fallujah: Marines During Operation Vigilant Resolve, in Iraq, April 2004" is a superbly crafted history that is highly recommended as a core addition to community and academic library 21st Century American Military history collections.

Editorial Note: Lieutenant Colonel David E. Kelly received his commission in 1971, and served as an infantry officer with Lima Company, 3rd Battalion 4th Marines with an Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) off the coast of Vietnam in 1972-73. Prior to retirement from the Reserves in 1999 he was Operations Officer for the Marine Field History Detachment. He volunteered to return to active duty to deploy to Iraq in 2004 as senior Field Historian in order to conduct interviews with Marines and Navy personnel at all levels in Iraq. He is now a retired high school teacher. (https://delco.today/2022/07/david-e-kelly-book-springfield-iraq)

Courage Under Fire
Ed Sherwood, LTC, US Army (Ret.)
Casemate Publishers
www.casematepublishers.com
9781612009643, $34.95, HC, 360pp

https://www.amazon.com/Courage-Under-Fire-Airbornes-Hidden/dp/1612009646

Synopsis: "Courage Under Fire: The 101st Airborne's Hidden Battle at Tam Ky" by retired Lieutenant Colonel Ed Sherwood is the first history to be published about Operation Lamar Plain. After 50 years and until now, the story of the renowned 101st Airborne's major offensive near Tam Ky, South Vietnam had remained largely unknown.

Fighting at Tam Ky by the 1st Brigade began 15 May 1969 while the 101st's 3rd Brigade battled on Hamburger Hill. The political consequences of Hamburger Hill's high casualties caused Lamar Plain and its high casualties to remain classified and undisclosed. Decades later, the fighting at Tam Ky is mostly forgotten except by those who fought there.

Sherwood's superb research of now declassified records uncovers how such a large battle could remain hidden and undisclosed. But that is not the heart of his story. His focus is on the courage and commitment of the young infantry soldiers who fought. Many were sons of WWII and Korean War veterans. They had a legacy to uphold -- to honor their families, the 101st Airborne, and their nation. Most of all in the crux of battle, they would not let their fellow soldiers down.

In "Courage Under Fire", Sherwood uses actual battle records and eyewitness accounts to follow "Never Quit" Delta Company and its sister companies through 28 days of continuous combat at Tam Ky. Delta Company's young infantry soldiers live up to their motto despite increasing casualties, a tough enemy, harsh battlefield conditions, and loss of leaders.

For all who fought at Tam Ky, their bravery and devotion to duty in an increasingly unpopular war is worthy to be remembered. With veterans of Tam Ky now growing older and fewer in number, it is past time to tell their story.

Critique: Rescuing a major military action in the Vietnam War from an undeserved obscurity, "Courage Under Fire: The 101st Airborne's Hidden Battle at Tam Ky" is a carefully crafted Vietnam combat history that deserves as wide a readership as possible. While readily available for the personal reading lists of military buffs and these Vietnam War veterans (and their families) in a digital book format (Kindle, $14.99), in a paperback edition (9781636243054, $24.95), and as a complete and unabridged audio book (Tantor Audio, 9798212079488, $41.99, CD), "Courage Under Fire: The 101st Airborne's Hidden Battle at Tam Ky" is an essential and core addition to community, college, and university library Vietnam War Biography/History collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists.

Editorial Note: Ed Sherwood (https://muckrack.com/ed-sherwood/articles) led an infantry platoon at Tam Ky in Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 501st Infantry, fighting with the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division He was wounded in action on June 2, 1969. After Vietnam, he continued serving as an infantry officer with multiple assignments in the 3rd Armored Division in Germany, the US Army Infantry School, and the 197th Infantry Brigade at Fort Benning, GA. Ed retired from active duty as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1988.

Siege Warfare During the Hundred Years War
Peter Hoskins
Pen & Sword Books
c/o Casemate (US distribution)
www.casematepublishers.com
https://www.penandswordbooks.com
9781399074766, $34.95, PB, 252pp

https://www.amazon.com/Siege-Warfare-During-Hundred-Years/dp/1399074768

Synopsis: A great many histories of the Hundred Years War have been written, including accounts of all the famous battles, but until the publication of "Siege Warfare During the Hundred Years War: Once More Unto the Breach" by historian and author Peter Hoskins none of the other studies have concentrated on the sieges that played a decisive role in the protracted struggle between England and France.

Edward III's capture of Calais in 1347 was of crucial importance for the English, and the failure of the English siege of Orleans in 1429 was a turning point for the French after the disaster of Agincourt. Throughout the war, sieges were a major weapon in the strategic armories of both sides, and Peter Hoskins's perceptive and graphic study is a fascinating analysis of them.

"Siege Warfare During the Hundred Years War: Once More Unto the Breach" describes the difficulties faced by besieger and besieged, examines the logistics and resource implications of sieges, and provides a comparative assessment of siege warfare alongside set-piece battles and the English strategy of chevauchees. Key sieges are reconstructed in vivid detail, other sieges are summarized, and the book is fully illustrated with photographs and plans.

Critique: Originally published in hardcover by Pen & Sword Books in 2018, "Siege Warfare During the Hundred Years War: Once More Unto the Breach" is now available in a trade paperback format and includes maps, plans, a number of plates, two appendices ('Summary of Outcomes of Seiges' & 'Duration of Seiges'), five pages of Notes, a three page Bibliography, and an eight page Index. Seminal work of meticulous research, "Siege Warfare During the Hundred Years War: Once More Unto the Breach" is highly recommended for community and academic library English/French military history collections, and is available in a digital book format Kindle, $20.61) for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the Hundred Years War between England and France

Editorial Note: Peter Hoskins (https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Peter-Hoskins/a/2392) is a former RAF pilot who writes, lectures and gives battlefield tours. His highly praised previous books In the Steps of the Black Prince: The Road to Poitiers, 1355-1356, Agincourt 1415 and Crecy 1346 have established his reputation as an authority on the Hundred Years War.

Bronze Age Military Equipment
Dan Howard
Pen & Sword Books
c/o Casemate (US distribution)
www.casematepublishers.com
https://www.penandswordbooks.com
9781399023375, $29.95, PB, 184pp

https://www.amazon.com/Bronze-Age-Military-Equipment-Howard/dp/1399023373

Synopsis: "Bronze Age Military Equipment" by historian and author Dan Howard offers an informative and fascinating discussion of the development of the military equipment of the earliest organized armies of the Bronze Age. Howard accurately describes the development of weapons, armor and chariots, how they were made and their tactical use in battle.

Spanning from the introduction of massed infantry by the Sumerians (c. 26th century BC) through to the collapse of the chariot civilizations (c. 12th century BC), this is the period of the epic struggles described in the Old Testament and Homer's Iliad, the clashes of mighty empires like those of the Babylonians, Egyptians and Hittites.

In "Bronze Age Military Equipment", Howard draws on the latest research and archaeology, as well as his own experiences of using and making replica weapons and armor, to challenge established views and bring fresh insights to this fascinating period of military history.

The main regions of discussion are the Aegean, the Near East and the Middle East but some reference is also made to other relevant cultures such as the Aryan Indians and the Shang Chinese.

Critique: Originally published in hardcover by Pen & Sword Books in 2014, this new trade paperback edition of "Bronze Age Military Equipment" features a number of illustrations and plates, as well as four appendices (Homeric Shield; Homeric Armour; Warriors of the Bronze Age; Typology of Bronze Age Swords), twelve pages of Notes, a two page Bibliography, and a three page Index. An exceptional work of historical research, "Bronze Age Military Equipment" is a seminal contribution recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library Bronze Age Weapons Technology and Warfare History collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists. It should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and military history buffs that "Bronze Age Military Equipment" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, 11.99) as well.

Editorial Note: Dan Howard (https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Dan-Howard/a/4645) is an historical author who offers great insight into the Bronze Age, the battles the fought and the weapons they fought them with.

The Battle of Plassey 1757
Stuart Reid
Frontline Books
c/o Pen & Sword Books
www.casematepublishers.com
https://www.penandswordbooks.com
9781399020879, $29.95, PB, 280pp

https://www.amazon.com/Battle-Plassey-1757-Victory-Empire/dp/1399020870

Synopsis: In the 18th Century, Britain was rapidly emerging as the most powerful European nation, a position France had long believed to be her own. Yet with France still commanding the largest continental army, Britain saw its best opportunities for expansion lay in the East. Yet, as Britain's influence increased through its official trading arm, the East India Company, the ruler of Bengal, Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah, sought to drive the British out of the sub-continent and turned to France for help.

The ensuing conflict saw intimate campaigns fought by captains and occasionally colonels and by small companies rather than big battalions. They were campaigns fought by individuals rather than anonymous masses; some were heroes, some were cowards and most of them were rogues on the make. The story is not only about Robert Clive, a clerk from Shropshire who became to all intents and purposes an emperor, but also about Eyre Coote an Irishman who fought with everyone he met, about Alexander Grant a Jacobite who first escaped from Culloden and then, Flashman-like was literally the last man into the last boat to escape Calcutta and the infamous Black Hole.

The fighting culminated in Robert Clive's astonishing victory at Plassey where just 3,000 British and sepoy troops defeated Siraj-ud-Daulah's Franco-Bengali army of 18,000 in the space of only forty minutes. The victory at Plassey in 1757 established Britain as the dominant force in India, the whole of which gradually come under British control and became the most prized possession in its empire. Few battles in history have ever had such profound consequences.

Critique: Originally published by Pen & Sword Books in hardcover (2017), a new trade paperback edition of "The Battle of Plassey 1757: The Victory That Won an Empire" by author and historian Stuart Reide is now available for a new generation of readers with an interest in 18th Century British Military History. Organized and presented in six informative chapters, "The Battle of Plassey 1757: The Victory That Won an Empire" also features twelve Appendices, thirty pages of Notes, a one page Bibliography, and a three page Index. While with the highest recommended for personal, professional, community, and academic library British Military History collections, it should b noted for students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "The Battle of Plassey 1757: The Victory That Won an Empire" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $22.47).

Editorial Note: Stuart Reid (https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Stuart-Reid/a/475) is a prolific and well-known writer on a wide range of military subjects, and he is an expert on the military history of Scotland. His pioneering study Like Hungry Wolves remains unchallenged as the best narrative account of Culloden. His other books include: The Campaigns of Montrose, All the King's Armies: A Military History of The English Civil War, Wolfe: The Life and Career of General James Wolfe, Wellington's Highland Warriors: From the Black Watch Mutiny to the Battle of Waterloo.

The Devils Will Get No Rest
James B. Conroy
Simon and Schuster
www.simonandschuster.com
Blackstone Audiobooks
www.blackstoneaudio.com
9781982168681, $34.00, HC, 432pp

https://www.amazon.com/Devils-Will-Get-Rest-Churchill/dp/1982168684

Synopsis: With the publication of "The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War", author James B. Conroy provides a character-driven account of the Casablanca Conference of January 1943, an Anglo-American clash over military strategy that produced a winning plan when World War II could have gone either way. Churchill called it the most important Allied conclave of the war. Until now, this has never been explored in a full-length, dedicated study for the non-specialist general reader.

In a secret, no-holds-barred, ten-day debate in a Moroccan warzone, protected by British marines and elite American troops, Franklin Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton Jr., Sir Alan Brooke, Lord Louis Mountbatten, Sir Harold Alexander, and their military peers questioned each other's competence, doubted each other's vision, and argued their way through choices that could win or lose the war.

In the pages of "The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War", the reader is treated to a master class in strategy by the legendary statesmen, generals, and admirals who overcame their differences, transformed their alliance from a necessity to a bond, forged a war-winning plan, and glimpsed the postwar world.

Critique: Informatively enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of forty-two pages of Notes, a twelve page Bibliography of Works Frequently Cited, a two page listing of Photo Credits, and a fifteen page Glossary, "The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War" will have a special value to readers with an interest the military history of World War II. While an unreservedly recommended addition to community and academic library World War II Histories & Biography collections, it should be noted for the personal reading lists of students, academia, and non-specialist general readers with an interest in the subject that "The Devils Will Get No Rest: FDR, Churchill, and the Plan That Won the War" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $16.99) and as a complete and unabridged audio book (Blackstone Audio, 9781797157535, $44.99, CD).

Editorial Note: James B. Conroy (www.jamesbconroy.com) is an award-winning author of narrative history. A graduate of the University of Connecticut and the Georgetown University Law Center, Conroy has been a trial lawyer in Boston for 37 years, having first worked on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. as a House and Senate press secretary, speechwriter, and chief of staff and served for six years in the United States Navy reserve as a Navy photographer and journalist in antisubmarine aviation units.

The High Ground: Leading in Peace and War
R. D. Hooker Jr.
Casemate Publishers
www.casematepublishers.com
9781636242934, $24.95, PB, 192pp

https://www.amazon.com/High-Ground-Leading-Peace-War/dp/1636242936

Synopsis: "The High Ground: Leading in Peace and War" by R. D. Hooker Jr. draws on the author's personal experiences as a combat leader to illustrate examples of successful and inspiring leadership in military organizations at all levels. Many of the essays comprising "The High Ground" focus on specific military personalities that portray effective leader behaviors in both peacetime and combat settings from the tactical to the strategic. Other essays describe key leadership characteristics and attributes of successful leaders, from small-unit level to the Pentagon.

"The High Ground" provides specific and compelling leadership advice and suggestions to new soldiers, new lieutenants, staff officers and commanders. Hooker served more than thirty years in the post-Vietnam Army, rising from private to colonel and serving in the invasion of Grenada and in Somalia, the US response to the Rwandan genocide, in Bosnia and Kosovo, in peacekeeping operations in the Sinai, and in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. He commanded a paratrooper company, battalion and brigade and served in the continental US, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Southwest Asia.

"The High Ground" cogently describes his observations and interactions with military leaders at all levels, in battle and in garrison, to describe and portray military leader development and leader excellence in all its many and varied dimensions. Gripping and fast-paced, these leadership vignettes will carry the reader from peacetime into battle with the American Soldier.

Critique: Informative, thoughtful, inspiring and of special relevance to readers with an interest in American military biographies and histories, "The High Ground: Leading in Peace and War" is inherently interesting and exceptionally well written, making it an ideal and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, and academic library American Military History/Biography collections. It should be noted that "The High Ground" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $11.49) as well.

Editorial Note: Richard D. Hooker Jr (https://www.ausa.org/people/richard-d-hooker-jr) is a Non-Resident Senior Fellow with the Atlantic Council and a Senior Researcher with the University of Oxford's Changing Character of War Program. A career Army officer, his military service included combat tours in Grenada, Somalia, Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, including command of a parachute brigade in Baghdad. His military service also included tours in the offices of the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, the Secretary of the Army and the Chief of Staff of the Army. A veteran of three tours with the National Security Council, he holds a doctorate in international relations from the University of Virginia and previously served as Assistant Professor at West Point, as the Army Chair at the National War College and as Dean of the NATO Defense College in Rome.

Washington's Marines
Jason Q. Bohm
Savas Beatie
www.savasbeatie.com
9781611216264, $34.95, HC, 360pp

https://www.amazon.com/Washingtons-Marines-American-Revolution-1775-1777/dp/1611216265

Synopsis: The fighting prowess of United States Marines is second to none, but few know of the Corps' humble beginnings and what it achieved during the early years of the American Revolution. Jason Bohm rectifies this oversight with the publication of "Washington's Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777".

The story of the U.S. Marine Corps begins with the oppressive days that drove America into a conflict for which it was ill-prepared, when thirteen independent colonies commenced a war against the world's most powerful military with nothing more than local militias, privateers, and other ad hoc units. The Continental Congress rushed to form an army and placed George Washington in command, but soon realized that, to win its freedom, America would need men who could fight on the sea and on land. Enter the Marines. Bohm artfully tells the story of the creation of the Continental Marines and the men who led them during the parallel paths followed by the Army and Marines in the opening years of the war and through the early successes and failures at Lexington and Concord, Bunker Hill, Canada, Boston, Charleston, and more.

As General Washington struggled to preserve his command after defeats in New York and New Jersey in 1776, the nascent U.S. Navy and Marines deployed the first American fleet, conducted their first amphibious operation, and waged a war on the rivers and seas to block British reinforcements and capture critically needed supplies. Desperate times forced Congress to detach the Continental Marines from the Navy to join the embattled army as Washington sought an "important stroke" to defeat his adversary.

Washington's Marines joined their fellow soldiers in a protracted land campaign that culminated in turning-point victories at Trenton, Assunpink Creek, and Princeton. This chapter of the Continental Marines ends in Morristown, New Jersey, when Washington granted Henry Knox's request to leverage the Marines' expertise with naval guns to fill the depleted ranks of the army's artillery during the "Forage War."

Critique: Informatively enhanced for the reader with the inclusion of several Maps, a number of Illustrations, two Appendices, a twenty page Bibliography, and a sixteen page Index, "Washington's Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777" is an impressively informated and comprehensive history covering the men, strategy, performance, and personalities of the Marine Corps' formative early years into a single compelling and memorable account. Author John Bohm's sweeping prose relies heavily on primary research and his own extensive military knowledge. Highly recommended as one of the finest military histories of its kind, "Washington's Marines" is an important and unreservedly recommended addition to personal, professional, community, college, and university library Colonial Military History collections and supplemental curriculum studies lists. It should be noted for students, academia, and military history buffs that "Washington's Marines" is also available in a digital book format (Kindle, $19.95).

Editorial Note: Major General Jason Q. Bohm (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Bohm) is a Marine with more than 30 years of service. An infantryman by trade, he has commanded at every level from platoon commander to commanding general in peacetime and war. Bohm also served in several key staff positions, including as a strategic planner with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Director of the Marine Corps Expeditionary Warfare School, House Director, Marine Corps Office of Legislative Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, and Chief of Staff of U.S. Naval Striking and Support Forces, NATO. Jason has written several articles for the Marine Corps Gazette and won various writing awards from the Marine Corps Association. He is also the author of From the Cold War to ISIL: One Marine's Journey (Naval Institute Press, 2019).

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