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Shadows In The Jungle: The Alamo Scouts Behind Japanese Lines In World War II (2009)

by Larry Alexander(Favorite Author)

3.88 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0451225937 (ISBN13: 9780451225931)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

NAL Hardcover

review 1: I just could not get enough of resistance movements after reading the Jedburghs so I picked Shadows in the Jungle up. I don't regret picking it up but I wish that I had not read it right after Irwin's book. This book seemed to lack the detail and personal aspect of the resistance that The Jedburghs portrayed. Telling the tales of one of the most efficient special forces units of all times, Larry Alexander kept my interest up enough to keep me reading. Some of the accomplishments of the Alamo Scouts no doubt helped sway the outcome of the war in the Pacific however, it seems as if Alexander was trying to reach a word limit for an editor when he included some of the sleepers he did. Some stories were just not worth telling in comparison to some of the other gems he included.... more Overall the the bits of humor were quite refreshing but do not choose this book over The Jedburghs if you are looking for a book about underground resistance movements of the late 1930's and 40's. And who is not looking for a book about underground resistance movements of WWII?
review 2: Sadly, due to their only recently de-classified status, there weren't a lot of members of this elite force, and forerunner to modern special forces alive when this was written, but what remains is fascinating.Although the depth of detail is less than histories of other campaigns, for the previously stated reason, this book is chock full of hair raising accounts of guys being dropped off at night, in the surf, from PT boats in the South Pacific, to assault Japanese-held tropical islands - great stuff for fans of the genre. less

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