{"product_id":"2940148567080","title":"Rangers: Selected Combat Operations in World War II","description":"Operation Urgent Fury, conducted in October 1983, focused international attention on the U.S.\u003cbr\u003eArmy Rangers. This tough, highly mobile force performed an airborne-airland assault into Grenada on\u003cbr\u003eshort notice and quickly seized objectives while sustaining only Eimited casualties. The performance of\u003cbr\u003ethe Rangers in Grenada is indicative of the role that skilled forces can play in a nation’s military\u003cbr\u003estrategy and exemplifies the ideal use of highly trained “elite” forces,\u003cbr\u003eThe U.S. Army Ranger has a proud heritage dating from Rogers’ Rangers to the present, but at\u003cbr\u003eno time was the Rangers’ legacy more evident than during the heyday of World War Ii. Conceived\u003cbr\u003eunder the guidance of then Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, the Rangers were\u003cbr\u003eselectively recruited and trained for operations such as raids, infiltrations, and specialized combat. In\u003cbr\u003ereality, their utilization was somewhat more varied, thus providing one of the themes for this Leavenworth\u003cbr\u003ePaper.\u003cbr\u003eThe five Ranger operations recounted in this paper depict the Rangers in a variety of combat\u003cbr\u003eroles. Each operation provided unique challenges to the Ranger Force, and each produced different\u003cbr\u003eresults. Created for one purpose, often used and misused for others, the Ranger organization fluctuated\u003cbr\u003ethroughout the war. The longer the Ranger Force remained in a theater of operations, the heavier it\u003cbr\u003ebecame and the more likely it was to be employed in a conventional role. The Ranger leadership\u003cbr\u003econstantly struggled with organizational problems in its attempts to balance the need for additional\u003cbr\u003efirepower and combat power with the need to retain its identity as a right, mobile, flexible strike force.\u003cbr\u003eThe evolutional process depicted in this paper illustrates the difficulties encountered by military\u003cbr\u003eunits that are given inappropriate missions for their force capability. When the Rangers were utilized\u003cbr\u003ein their designed roles in appropriate missions and within organizational constraints, they achieved\u003cbr\u003eoutstanding successes. When these organizational constraints were ignored and Rangers were used in\u003cbr\u003ea conventional role, disaster resulted as at Cisterna when the Rangers were unabtl to counter the\u003cbr\u003eGerman armor threat.\u003cbr\u003eIn Rangers: Selected Combat Operations in World War II, Dr. Michael J. King presents a multifaceted\u003cbr\u003ework that blends battle narrative, operational lessons, and doctrinal considerations into a paper\u003cbr\u003ethat provides a useful historical perspective into Ranger operations, The relevance of these historical\u003cbr\u003ecase studies to current and future elite force operations is evident, Force designers, doctrine writers,\u003cbr\u003eand commanders will greatly profit from the valuable information contained in this Leavenworth Paper.\u003cbr\u003eOne needs only to study these lessons and apply them.\u003cbr\u003e-","brand":"ReadCycle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47173095784688,"sku":"2940148567080","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148567080_p0.jpg?v=1763704259","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148567080","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}