Shadow Warriors: A History of the US Army Rangers (General Military) - Hardcover

Bahmanyar, Mir

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 184176860X ISBN 13: 9781841768601

Publisher: Osprey Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

No American military unit can claim as colorful and volatile a history as the Rangers, who have led the way in America's wars for well over 300 years. This book traces the Rangers from the time of Robert Rogers during the French-Indian War of the 18th century to the most recent combat operations in Iraq. With a focus on today's Army Rangers, who combine the rugged individualism of American frontiersmen with the finely honed ability to operate as a close-knit team, wreaking havoc behind enemy lines, this fascinating volume incorporates many first-hand accounts of dramatic Ranger actions by the combatants themselves.

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About the Author:

Mir Bahmanyar received his BA in History from the University of California at Berkeley. Subsequently, he joined the US Army, serving with the 2d Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment as a machine-gunner and training non-commissioned officer. Mir also created www.suasponte.com a website chronicling the history of the American Ranger. He is a feature film producer and screenwriter, recently completing the film Soldier of God (www.soldierofgod.net). He lives in Los Angeles.

Review:

Intrested in US ARMY Rangers? Well this book is about 300 + pages about this subject. It is werry well written and you will find many new intresting pictures about the Rangers history. The Lay-out is werry nice and it is a pleasure to read the book. I have allready found many intresting chapters like the war in afganistan and Iraq, but you will also find a lot of information about WWII, Vietnam and Korea. A must for the Special Forces fan! Greetings Special Forces fan from Finland. --By special forces fan from Finland

As a Former Old Scroll 2nd Batt Ranger I found the book to be well written and I also happen to agree with the authors political slant. I actually read this several years ago and decided to pick it up again to see if my opinion changed. It has not...Rangers like any other specialized unit have allot of sacred cows and taboos. It was refreshing to see the author try to approach current Ranger Deployments and Combat Operations Honestly without the usual RA RA Ranger stuff. I also find it very interesting that Donald's Rumsfeld's DOD reviewed and approved the final draft of the book before it was published! I wonder if some of the other reviewers here took that into account.... --By William Hazen -

I reccommend this book to anyone who has an interest in special operations forces in general and Rangers in particular. Most everything you would want to know is in here including Ranger history and origins, creation of the permanent Ranger battalions in the 1970's, and eyewitness accounts of the invasions of Grenada and Panama as well as Reforger exercises. This book also includes great pictures from those early days. Just be aware, the majority of this book focuses on the 2nd Ranger Battalion, but overall is an excellent read. --By Mike

About this edition

• Publisher: Osprey Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 184176860X
• ISBN 13: 9781841768601
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 336