US Special Warfare Units in the Pacific Theater 1941-45: "Scouts, Raiders, Rangers and Reconnaissance Units" (Battle Orders) Review & Ratings

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US Special Warfare Units in the Pacific Theater 1941-45: "Scouts, Raiders, Rangers and Reconnaissance Units" (Battle Orders) Review

This 96-page book answered most of my questions about Pacific Theater special forces. When the United States entered World War Two, the nation's movers and shakers wanted commando units on the British model and the military establishment considered such units a waste of resources. Gordon L. Rottman covers this war between the two factions, the victory over the military during the war, and the rush to extinguish these units at the end of the war. Special forces units in the PTO had uneven success--part of the problem was the same as using the untried air weapons or the submarine.
Yet special forces units did achieve success all out of proportion to the resources expended on them. The war in the Pacific changed radically from the dark days following Pearl Harbor to the day that the surrender was signed on the Missouri. Special forces changed too.
The charge that special operations units "cream off" quality people is brought up and proven--but the alternative of simply expending this "cream" along with the rest of the cannon fodder isn't addressed. Special forces units could and did fill specific needs--Rottman pointed out that the long range reconnisance units were sorely missed during the Korean war and later rebuilt. Today's special forces (Ranger, Green Beret, SEAL, Marine Recon) had their World War Two counterparts. Rottman mentions that Marine Raider battalions have not been re-invented, though MEU (SOC) do have a platoon-sized special mission element.
I will get a lot of use out of the detailed organizational charts and the thorough histories of each type of unit. Navy frogmen were not covered in detail--I can live with that because little-known formantions are so well described. Most Osprey books have several color plates in the center displaying uniforms and equipment. This book has organizational charts and maps--a useful trade-off. "US Special Warfare Units in the Pacific Theater" told me what communications equipment was used in each unit. Individual and crew-served weapons were listed. Means of transport into and out of the operational zone, and what means were used in the Area of Operations, are covered because they limited unit size and firepower.
This book sheds light on little-known special warfare units used in the Pacific War.

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