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The Last Hundred Yards - The NCO's Contribution to Warfare
This is what the critics have said: "...provides a wealth of practical knowledge for small-unit leaders...that can't be found in any other single volume." - CMC ALMAR 152/98 (Commandant's Current Issues Reading List) "...the best book written on ground tactics in English in the last fifty years." - Bruce I. Gudmundsson (author of Stormtroop Tactics and co-author of On Infantry) "...fills the long-standing void by relating maneuver warfare concepts to techniques." - William S. Lind (author of Maneuver Warfare Handbook) "This is a great piece of work....Inside the Beltway, people often forget that battles are won and lost in the last hundred yards." — 31st Marine Commandant "...supports victory through stealth, deception and heavy reliance on small-unit leaders(')...ability to make their own decisions based on the situations at hand." - Leatherneck Magazine (Jul 97) "...describes why the maneuver warfare used by task forces in the Persian Gulf War should be practiced at the squad level and presents ways for small units to train and develop tactical techniques for the future." - Army Magazine (Mar 98) "...a valuable reference for teaching soldiers about small-unit operations and infantry techniques." - Special Warfare Magazine (Fall 97) "...is well conceived, effectively presented, and delivered from an NCO perspective heretofore missing in the literature...(Its) tactics...are consistent...with FM 7-8." - Director of Training, U.S. Army Cadet Command (Jun 97) "...really scores big with chapters on patrolling, the point man, indirect fire, the counterambush, and short-range infiltration." - Armor Magazine (Jan-Feb 98) "...goes far beyond what any U.S. manual can say about the 'detail of tactical execution' - composite techniques required to execute any tactical maneuver." - Command Magazine (Oct 97) "...this author immediately captures the interest of a small unit leader, teaching him about squad tactics while exposing him to warfighting concepts and history. An extremely comprehensive work, The Last Hundred Yards should be mentioned as an outside reference for squad tactics by division squad leaders' courses and would make a significant addition to the Commandant's Reading List for corporals and sergeants." - Marine Corps Gazette (July 99)
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