July-August - Air Defense Artillery School

84 THE COAST ARTILLERY JOURNAL JIIIY-I\~
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BOOKS
by MARSHAL W'ILHELM von LEEB
First translation of the now world-famous
treatise, Defense, originally published in
1938 in the Scimtific Military Ret'iew of the German
\'X'ar Office. Von Leeb, as a military thinker
and scientist, offered his government a plan for
the next war in which Germany might be engaged.
Von Leeb's recommendation was that the war be
opened with active defense, as a preparation for
the offensive later. The plan was rejected by Hitler
-it might have saved Germany.
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157 pages; illustrated
Number 95 on the Journal Booklist
Number 36 on the Journal Booklist
$1.00
by GENERAL WALDEMAR ERFURTH
"Surprise is a major contribution to modern
military literature. In this timely and
authoritative treatise General Erfurth has revived
and adapted and elaborated for contemporaneous
study and enlightenment the principles and expositions
of a host of preceding military writers .. ."
from Frontinus through Machiavelli, Clausewitz,
and others.
200 pages; maps $1.00
COL. W. A. MITCHELL
A comprehensive and critical analysis of
military operations, and of the causes of
strategical and tactical success or failure, from
1500 B.c. to 1918 A.D., from Thothmes III to
Pershing.
Number 96 on the Journal Booklist
Library edition $3.00
Deluxe edition $3.75
744 pages
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Allowances
CASH ALLOWAl'\CES FOR THE FA~lILIES Ai'\D ~
PEN DENTS OF SOLDIERS, SAILORS Ai'\D ~
RINES. By Otto E. Pfeiffenberger. New York: Wil
Frederick Press, 1943.60 Pages; 50if.
A short pamphlet e)o,:plainingthe Soldiers' Allowance Act
non-legal language.
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Charting the Course
THE WAR IN i\IAPS (Revised and Enlarged Edition). Tf
by Francis Brown; i\laps by Emil Herlin. New York: OxfQ
University Press, 1943. 167 Pages; Illustrated; $2.00.
Soldiers and military "fans" over the entire country ha,
learned to appreciate the clear and c?mplete w?r maps of ~
New York TUlles. The maps are deSigned specifically to il~
trate a particular phase of a military operation or situation, a1
perform the purpose admirably, with no distracting detail, ~
with all the necessary information, illuminated with well-a
ceived art.
This book contains seventy-eight of the Times maps, aI
explanatory text, to present a clear picture of what has ~
pened thus far in the present world struggle, with backgro~
from World War I.
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Life on "The Rock"
I WAS ON CORREGIDOR. By Amea Willoughby. ~
York: Harper and Brothers, 1943. 249 Pages; $2.50. I ,
This is probably the first eyewitness account of the fight~
Corregidor by a civilian with no pretensions to military k~
edge. i\lrs. Willoughby, wife of the financial adviser to N
Sayre, was taken off The Rock by submarine in February, ~
Bataan fell.
Mrs. Willoughby's story is told in a straightforward ma
without striving for effect and without criticism, suggestio
attempts to explain tactics or high policy. She tells what
saw, as she saw it, and tells it well. The book is, as a result~
of the little scenes that explain clearly how life went for
Sayre party. Mrs. Willoughby explains why bombs were
welcome than shells (they didn't seem to have the addr~
plainly marked), how the soldiers reacted at first and as
outlook grew bleaker, and gives the best description of lif
thc tunnel, th" thc ""'iC~"h:' '"'c:' I
Not All Glo~y
COi\lBINED OPERATIONS: THE OFFICIAL STORYof
COMMANDOS.Foreword by Lord Louis Mountbatten.
York: The Macmillan Company, 1943. 155 Pages; I
trated; $2.00.
Although "official" stories are usually unsigned, it h~5
well known that Hilary St. George Saunders, assistant hb
of the House of Commons, and world-famous author, wro tt
unemotional, revealing, and intensely interesting account.
Saunders' instructions were to tell as much as possible
the bounds of military security, and he has followed t
structions faithfully. He tells not only of the triumphs
Commandos, but of their failures, too. In some operatio
Commandos lost more men and material than the results
ranted, and in still others the results were far short of
planned. On the whole, their work has been gratifyin~ . ..l
to Britain but to her Allies. In recommending this tJOl.-
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