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Author: Charles Melson
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Imprint: Casemate Publishers
ISBN: 9781612007977
ISBN 10: 161200797
Pages: 160
Publication Date: 13 November 2019
Audience:
General/trade
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Professional and scholarly
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General
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
contains a wealth of informative detail in a readable form and the fact that it pulls together several core strands and assessments of the German approach to COIN operations within one relatively succinct book is admirable. --David Stone, author of Fighting for the Fatherland, Hitler's Army 1939-1945, The Kaiser's Army 1914-1918 The German attitude to guerrilla war was far more complex than stereotypical brutality for the sake of brutality. --Stephen G. Fritz, PhD, author of Ostkrieg, Frontsoldaten a highly accessible introduction to an important, but frequently neglected, aspect of German military history as well for those interested in guerrilla warfare. --Bruce I. Gudmundsson, PhD, U.S. Marine Corps University, author of On Artillery,
"""a highly accessible introduction to an important, but frequently neglected, aspect of German military history as well for those interested in guerrilla warfare.""--Bruce I. Gudmundsson, PhD, U.S. Marine Corps University, author of ""On Artillery"" ""contains a wealth of informative detail in a readable form and the fact that it pulls together several core strands and assessments of the German approach to COIN operations within one relatively succinct book is admirable.""--David Stone, author of ""Fighting for the Fatherland: Hitler's Army 1939-1945"" ""The German attitude to guerrilla war was far more complex than stereotypical brutality for the sake of brutality.""--Stephen G. Fritz, PhD, author of ""Ostkrieg"""
"""a highly accessible introduction to an important, but frequently neglected, aspect of German military history as well for those interested in guerrilla warfare.""--Bruce I. Gudmundsson, PhD, U.S. Marine Corps University, author of On Artillery ""contains a wealth of informative detail in a readable form and the fact that it pulls together several core strands and assessments of the German approach to COIN operations within one relatively succinct book is admirable.""--David Stone, author of Fighting for the Fatherland: Hitler's Army 1939-1945 ""The German attitude to guerrilla war was far more complex than stereotypical brutality for the sake of brutality.""--Stephen G. Fritz, PhD, author of Ostkrieg"
Author Information
Charles D. Melson was the Chief Historian for the US Marine Corps, at the Marine Corps University at Quantico, Virginia. Chuck also served as a joint historian with the US Central Command and US Special Operations Command. He is the author, co-author, or editor of several official publications and series, and was the recipient of the General Edwin Simmons-Henry Shaw Award for public historians and the General Leonard Chapman Medal. His education includes degrees in Liberal Arts from St. John College, Annapolis, and in History and Fine Arts from Sonoma State University, California. Chuck and his family currently live on Kent Island in Maryland.
