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Title: Edson's Raiders: The 1st Marine Raider Battalion in World War II by Joseph H. Alexander ISBN: 1-55750-020-7 Publisher: Naval Institute Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (4 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An enlightening and inspiring story! Great history too!
Comment: Col. Alexander's work bring to life one of the Corps less talked about, and somewhat enigmatic, yet truly heroic figures - Red "Mike" Edson. He was a visionary with the good sense to not let his vision be clouded. A focused officer and combat leader without whom the war in the Pacific might have turned out a little different.
This man deserves his place in our nation's memory with those of Patton, Bradley, Nimitz, Halsey and a thousand others.
Let's hope that Col. Alexander is busy on a book about General O.P. Smith, USMC now!
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent Book
Comment: This is an excellent work. Practically everything you ever wanted to know about Edson's vaunted Raider Battalion can be found here. The book is jammed packed with facinating anecdotes and the maps and illustrations are first rate.
The book does have flaws, though. Serious errors on the Japanese OB are littered throughout the text. For instance, the 4th Infantry didn't fight in the 2nd Matanikau, only the 124th. And Col. Alexander's narrative doesn't flow smoothly in places.
Minor quibbles aside, though, this a superb work--the most detailed book you'll find on the Raiders, even better than Peatross' Bless 'Em All. Get this book!!
Rating: 4
Summary: A fine story of remarkable men and their remarkable leader.
Comment: Edson's Raiders, the 1st Marine Raider Battalion, engaged the Japanese in seven battles, five of them on Guadalcanal. This well researched and footnoted work by retired Marine Colonel Joseph Alexander tells the story of this remarkable group of men. Trained and conditioned by the founding commander, Merritt Edson, their baptism of fire was on Tulagi against the Japanese Special Naval Landing Forces, the rikusentai. This landing occurred simultaneous with the invasion of Guadalcanal twenty miles to the south. Completing the removal of enemy forces at Tulagi, Edson and his men were quickly moved to Guadalcanal. Glorious pages of their history were written there along Edson's Ridge, a three day-two night struggle, often hand-to-hand, against an enemy force under General Kawaguchi, which out numbered them by a factor of at least five on the second night. The enemy attacked remnants of the Raiders and the 1st Paratroops, a total of less than eight hundred men, without let up. Forced to fall back to a second line of defense, "...grossly outnumbered, back-to-back, nearly out of ammo...Edson could count less than three hundred men defending Hill 120." Their action in that engagement and subsequent battles along the Matanikau secured their place in the proud history of the Marines. The US Navy named twenty-four ships after raiders in recognition of their valor. The need for highly trained volunteers in special, lightly armed commando units were soon deemed unnecessary with the advent of the fast fleet carriers of the Essex-class along with new fast battleships. But not before the successes of the 1st Raider Battalion carved for themselves a monument in Military history. This is an excellent telling of their too brief story.
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Title: Bloody Ridge: The Battle That Saved Guadalcanal by Michael S. Smith ISBN: 0743463218 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 2003 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Carlson's Raid: The Daring Marine Assault on Makin by George W. Smith ISBN: 0425190196 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 July, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Once a Legend: Red Mike Edson of the Marine Raiders by Jon T. Hoffman ISBN: 089141732X Publisher: Presidio Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Into the Valley: Marines at Guadalcanal by John Hersey, Donald L. Dickson ISBN: 0803273282 Publisher: University of Nebraska Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Utmost Savagery: The 3 Days of Tarawa by Joseph H. Alexander ISBN: 0804115591 Publisher: Ivy Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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