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Prophet With Honor
EANT TERRY BULL: HIs IDEASON WAR AND FIGHT-
IN GENERAL.By Terry Bull. Washington: The Infantry
mal, 1943. 174 Pages; 25~.
lonel William H. Triplett, Infantry, who has been writing
Terry Bull stories for the INFANTRYJOURNALfor years, is
primarily a humorist, but a top-notch instructor. The Terry
stories, although good for many a chuckle, are really
rpieces of instruction in the tactics of small units, and
endations concerning the development and use of ma-
. Bull is the incarnation of what we think we mean
we say "grizzled old sergeant," but he has young ideas.
lact when dealing with green junior officers is exceeded
by his effectiveness in instructing those same officers, and
listed man within view. Only Terry could tell a pacifistrecruit,
"Alright, Sonny, we won't make you fight-
'ust take you to where the fighting is and let you use your
JUdgment."
. paper-bound book has nine of Terry's best storiesof
the titles are: Bayonet Fever, Mungo MOTtillery, and
Roving Boys of 1949. This is worth two bits of anybody's
"Berlin Papers Please Copy"
~SE. By Marshal Wilhelm von Leeb. Harrisburg: Mili-
Service Publishing Company, 1943. 159 Pages; Maps;
treatise was originally published in 1938 in the Scienilitary
Review, a publication of the German war office.
beentranslated by Dr. Stefan Possony and Daniel Vilfroy,
Ve added a chapter of their own, and expanded the
tion with a long translator's note.
leeb writes of the defense as a means to an end, when
ns for attack are not immediately available. He writes,
annies numbering millions and the corresponding rents
in ammunition,
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it is impossible to resort to constant
plan Hitler used in his attack on Russia was defeated
'. 's plan of defense-which was von Leeb's plan, adopted
pIe by the Red forces. Hitler rejected von Leeb's plan
d in this book. It appears that ,'on Leeb was right.
Professional Interest
The JOURNAL can supply any book in prinl,
at the usual Association discount.
Blitz Basis
SURPRISE. By General Waldemar Erfurth. Translated by
Daniel Vilfroy and Stefan Possony. Harrisburg: J\1ilitary
Service Publishing Company, 1943.200 Pages; Maps; Translators'
Notes; $1.00.
General Erfurth wrote this book before the beginning of the
present war. That the \Vehrmacht used many of the ideas and
principles outlined in the treatise is undeniable, but it is also
undeniable that there are many erroneous conceptions in the
work. The book is a new departure in military thinking, however,
and as such deserves to be read by any person who considers
himself literate in a military sense. The chapter notes by
the translators often point out the obvious, but just as often
open a new trend of thought to the serious reader.
The Military Service Publishing Company is to be commended
for its Military Classics series, of which Surprise is one
of seven titles either published or soon to appear.
Naval Encyclopedia
FIGHTING FLEETS. By Critchell Rimington. New York:
Dodd, Mead & Company, 1943. 307 Pages; Illustrated; Index;
$4.50.
Revising a book of this type during a world-wide war must be
a heartbreaking task, but Mr. Rimington has done well. To attempt
to portray the naval strength of the world in fact, figure,
and picture, through the fog of enemy censorship and within
the bounds of our own security measures, the author must have
performed prodigies of research. Naval enthusiasts, war correspondents,
and others whose duties or interests lie in the direction
of the fighting fleets will find this book an invaluable aid.
The book contains over 340 pictures, comments by naval
authorities, statistics and characteristics of the fleets and Beet
units of the world, drawings and descriptive matter about naval
weapons, a list of all ships sunk in the present war corrected
to January 15 of this year, and a checklist of 2,000 principal
combatant ships of the world's navies, among other things.
The section of comments by naval authorities, in contrast to
the usual platitudes and space-filling wordage that we might
expect to find, contains valuable resumes of naval actions in this
war, with the losses of both sides where known. Paul Schubert,
Gilbert Cant, Fletcher Pratt, Bernard Brodie, and Rear Admirals.
John S. McCain and G. J. Rowcliff are represented.