A Historical Perspective on Light Infantry
Major Scott R. McMichael - A Historical Perspective on Light Infantry
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College | 1987 | ASIN: B000O7ZMRK | English | 260 pages | PDF | 40.2 MB
Combat Studies Institute Research Survey No. 6
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College | 1987 | ASIN: B000O7ZMRK | English | 260 pages | PDF | 40.2 MB
Combat Studies Institute Research Survey No. 6
Major Scott R. McMichael provides a valuable historical perspective for understanding the characteristics, organization, and operations of light infantry forces. Major McMichael's Research Survey examines four light infantry forces operating in varying settings: the Chindits in the 1944 Burma campaign against the Japanese; the Chinese Communist Forces during the Korean War; British operations in Malaya and Borneo from 1948 to 1966; and the First Special Service Force in its battles in the mountains of Italy during World War II. These examples are diverse in terms of time, areas of operations, and opposing forces, yet they reveal common characteristics of light forces and their operations.