Canopy of war : jungle warfare, from the earliest days of forest fighting to the battlefields of Vietnam
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Canopy of war : jungle warfare, from the earliest days of forest fighting to the battlefields of Vietnam
P. Stephens, 1990
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Bibliography: p. 202-203
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Whether of high intensity between regular forces, or low intensity confrontation and counter-insurgency, this book gives an account of conflicts in the jungle, from the Japanese invasion of Western territories in 1941-2 to the present day. The author also wrote "Desert Warfare", "A History of Blitzkreig", "Knights of the Black Cross - Hitler's Panzerwaffe and its Leaders", Soviet Armour since 1945", "Tank Tracks to Rangoon", "The Czar's British Squadron" and "Weapons of the Falklands Conflict".
Table of Contents
- The jungle backdrop
- "Don't never take a chance you don't have to"
- the all-conquering bicycle
- learning the business
- "Honda speaks of nothing else"
- insurrection and confrontation
- the road to Dien Bien Phu
- firepower versus willpower.
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