Gung Ho The Corps Most Progressive Tradition H John Poole by H. John Poole 9780981865942, 0981865941 instant download after payment.

While recounting the exploits of the Marine Raiders of WWII, this book stumbles upon some rather interesting coincidences. Among them are the following: (1) the German Maneuver Warfare (MW) that the USMC doctrinally adopted in the late 1980's looks very much like Chinese Communist Mobile Warfare; (2) both 2nd and 4th Battalion Raiders were patterned after Mao's 8th Route Army; (3) Carlson's 2nd was for a while doing Chinese Mobile Warfare at the squad level on Guadalcanal; (4) Roosevelt's 4th was later to punch three-fourths of the way through a sophisticated bunker matrix without any supporting arms. Because the modern-day Marine Corps has yet to be able to practice MW at the squad level, all of this has tremendous significance. A slight variation to what Carlson had copied from the Chinese might make this finally possible. In search of this Chinese ingredient, this book takes the reader through an unparalleled look at several of WWII's most brutal battles, and then repeats the favor for Vietnam. There, the Raider-descended 4th Marines were to display a number of Maoist small-unit maneuvers. So too did the highly successful CAP village Marines. Those Americans who have since fought in Iraq or Afghanistan know the importance of such “distributive operations” to winning the lower-intensity conflicts of the 21st Century. Thus, all infantrymen and special operators of every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces will benefit from the read. With 111 illustrations, this book has what it takes to entertain.