MWSA Book Review

Rangers In Combat

Author:  John D. Lock

Publisher: Wheatmark

Reviewer: Jim Stewart

Must read for Ranger followers!

I loved this book! I have always been sort of a dreamer when it comes to military history and have often wondered what some of our brave soldiers of the past must have gone through, especially those of the civil and revolutionary war eras. Still like a young kid I often put myself in their place when engaging a good, vivid book about their trials and tribulations. This is such a book, and it deals with the some of the toughest of the tough, our Rangers, from past to present.

I was specifically intrigued and glued to the book covering the “Black Hawk Down” situation in Somali. I’ve seen this movie many times, but reading about it…..I was glued to the book. Such great detail and vivid images. It thought I was there.

J.D. Lock, the author, is a retired lieutenant colonel and former assistant professor of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He took me from the beginning stages during the French and Indian Wars right up to Operation Enduring Freedom. You can feel this book. The action in Korea, the mishaps in getting our Rangers into Grenada. All there.

Hats off to an outstanding book!  FIVE STARS!

2007 Silver Medal Award

        

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