The Close-Combat Files of Colonel Rex Applegate
by Colonel Rex Applegate and Major Chuck Melson
SKU CCF
Softcover978-0-87364-998-8
208 pages, 8.5" x 11"
photos, illust.
DESCRIPTION
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.
AUTHOR BIO
The late Colonel Rex Applegate was universally recognized as America's foremost authority on close combat with or without weapons.
CHAPTER LIST
BOOK CHAPTER LIST
1) What Did You Do in the War?
2) With the Special Operations Executive
3) From Coordinator of Information to Office of Strategic Services
4) The Military Intelligence Division and Training Center (MITC)
5) MITC: Quick or Dead
6) MITC: Gutter Fighting
7) MITC: Go for Those Family Jewels
8) Since 1845
Index of Paladin Press site archived pages:
Stickgrappler's Note: I am guessing the Paladin site will be shut down at the end of the year and I'm archiving select Paladin Press pages to my blog to preserve an essential part of martial arts from 1970-2017. Archiving some of my favorite Paladin titles.
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