Jungle warfare : experiences and encounters / by J. P. Cross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cross, J. P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jungle warfare.

Asia--History, Military.

Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 p.)

Place of Publication:

Barnsley, South Yorkshire : Pen & Sword Military, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The physical conditions of jungle warfare and the closeness of contact with the enemy pose unique problems and call for special soldiering skills. Colonel John Cross, a life long Gurkha officer, has an unrivalled knowledge of this demanding warfare and uses it to best advantage in this instructive yet personal account of techniques and experiences. He uses examples from British and Japanese sides in the Second World War and goes on to demonstrate how tactics and strategy developed in the Malay, Borneo and Indo-China theatres thereafter. He laces his work with vivid recollections and assessment

Contents:

""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""PART I - Setting the Scene""; ""Chapter One - The Background to Jungle Warfare""; ""JUNGLE WARFARE""; ""IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC REGION""; ""THE JUNGLE""; ""NATURAL HAZARDS""; ""JUNGLE DWELLERS""; ""JUNGLE CRAFT""; ""EARLY SANCTUARY""; ""THE INFLUENCE OF THE FOREST""; ""EUROPE AND ASIA: DIFFERENT VIEWS, SIMILAR SENTIMENTS""; ""SAVIOURS OR SAVAGES?""; ""JAPANESE: JUNGLE GIANTS?""; ""DEFINITIONS""; ""Chapter Two - Climate and Combatants""; ""TROPICAL CLIMATE""; ""WILD LIFE""; ""HEALTH AND HYGIENE""; ""MORALE""

""EQUIPMENT""""AIR ASPECTS""; ""THE ASIAN ENEMY""; ""THE JAPANESE""; ""THE CHINESE""; ""THE GURKHAS""; ""THE AUSTRALIANS""; ""THE BRITISH""; ""ASSESSING OTHERS""; ""Part II - Conventional Warfare in Jungle Terrain""; ""Chapter Three - Teeth-Arm Tactics: British and Japanese Methods""; ""BRITISH TEETH-ARM TACTICS""; ""INFANTRY""; ""ARTILLERY""; ""ENGINEERS""; ""ARMOUR""; ""AIR ASPECTS""; ""THE FOUR PHASES OF CONVENTIONAL WAR""; ""JAPANESE TACTICS""; ""JAPANESE HINTS FOR THE SOLDIER""; ""Chapter Four - Minor Tactics and Administration""; ""AMBUSH""; ""PATROLLING""; ""SNIPING""

""OTHER ASPECTS OF MINOR TACTICS""""ADMINISTRATION""; ""Part III - Unconventional Warfare in Jungle Terrain""; ""Chapter Five - The Post-1945 Scene""; ""NON-COMMUNIST EUROPEAN VERSUS COMMUNIST ASIAN""; ""COMMUNIST REVOLUTIONARY WARFARE""; ""EARLY DAYS IN INDO-CHINA""; ""MALAYA AND BORNEO""; ""INDIA�S INTERNAL INCUBUS""; ""OTHER CAMPAIGNS WITH A JUNGLE DIMENSION""; ""Chapter Six - The Malayan Emergency, 1948 � 51""; ""THE CRITICAL YEARS""; ""IN THE BALANCE""; ""Chapter Seven - The Malayan Emergency, 1952 � 62""; ""1952 � 56: RESURGENCE OF HOPE""; ""1956-62: THE FINAL SLOG""

""Chapter Eight - French Indo-China � Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, 1948 � 76""""THE FRENCH IN INDO-CHINA""; ""THE AMERICANS IN VIETNAM, LAOS AND CAMBODIA""; ""TRAINERS AND ADVISERS""; ""Chapter Nine - Confrontation in Borneo, 1963 � 66""; ""A BACKGROUND""; ""THE VALUE OF INTELLIGENCE""; ""THE FIRST PHASE OF CONFRONTATION""; ""AIR POWER""; ""ARMOUR AND ARTILLERY""; ""DANGEROUS INCURSIONS""; ""THE TURNING POINT""; ""CROSS-BORDER OPERATIONS""; ""INDONESIAN AGGRESSION AGAINST PENINSULAR MALAYSIA""; ""THE AMBUSH""; ""THE PATROL""; ""THE END OF CONFRONTATION""; ""LONG-TERM IMPACT?""

""Part IV - Jungle Craft and the Future""""Chapter Ten - Jungle Craft""; ""Chapter Eleven - The Future""; ""Appendix One - Immediate Action Drills""; ""Appendix Two - Ambushes""; ""Appendix Three - Japanese Training""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

9781783034680

1783034688

9781783034703

178303470X

OCLC:

854974563