- Paperback: 208 pages
- Publisher: Paladin Press (Jan 1 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0873649982
- ISBN-13: 978-0873649988
- Product Dimensions: 27.6 x 21.4 x 1.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #693,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is the remarkable story of how Col. Rex Applegate, William Fairbairn, Eric Sykes and Wild Bill Donovan trained and employed OSS and MID commandos during WWII. Includes the facts behind the development of point shooting, knife fighting, hand-to-hand combat and a staggering number of other fighting skills as taught by the top instructors of the era. Contains rare archival photos and the Colonel's graphic original lesson plans.
About the Author
Col. Rex Applegate was universally recognized as America's foremost authority on close combat with or without weapons.
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A look at the record establishes Rex Applegate's unique position in the development of close-combat skills in the last half of the 20th century. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Great Historic Information on Close Combat,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Close-Combat Files of Col. Rex Applegate (Paperback)
This book provides a great history of the development of close combat by Applegate and his contemporaries. It is a wonderful combination of original "lesson plans" with well-documented historical details and photographs about the people and events that lead to the ideas contained in those lesson plans. There is also some good follow-up on what happened to these concepts after WWII. This is a great historic document, however I think that the author could have done several relatively small things that would have added a great deal to making the book more "user friendly". First, a glossary would have been nice. There are many acronyms; I would have liked a central place to look them up and also read a few basic details about the related organizations (and people) that were not provided in the main text. Second, a time-line would have been awesome because it could have summarized the information in the book and could also have offered additional (brief) details on Applegate's life and/or the lives of his contemporaries. Finally, some minor editing could have removed some redundant material and left room for my previous suggestions.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Hand-to-hand combat in the postmodern world,
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This review is from: The Close-Combat Files of Col. Rex Applegate (Paperback)
Chuck Melson's book on the late Col. Rex Applegate should be read and absorbed by those in our military who are enamoured with the Asian martial arts and are trying to hoist them on our soldiers. Unfortuanately, these imports are based on fine motor skills, which are lost under the stress of combat, and will get our people killed. Instead, as the book demonstrates, we have a successful system developed by Col. Applegate whic is simple, effective and easy to learn. Applegate developed this system for our OSS and Melson's book not only documents the developmental process, but lays out Applegate's training syllabus as well. Instead of spending millions to develop "new" hand-to-hand combat sysytems, our military could save money, and provide valuable training by simply purchasing this book.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bait and Switch,
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This review is from: The Close-Combat Files of Col. Rex Applegate (Paperback)
This is not a book for the novice to learn basic self defense techniques. There are only two pictures on self defense. The rest is written. You have to already know the techniques to know what he is talking about, in which case you don't need this book. It is mostly a book about Applegate's days in the O.S.S. and how they trained. What I really don't like is the way it was falsly advertised as a book to learn the few basic techniques needed for self defense, when this is not the case at all. It is way over priced for the content.
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