To Fight With Intrepidity: The Complete History of the U.S. Army Rangers 1622 to Present

by John D. Lock

A major with the U.S. Army Rangers presents the first complete, illustrated chronicle of the Army's elite combat force, recreating its hardwon battles and heroic exploits from the French and Indian War to Desert Storm. Original.

Genres: Military Fiction, History

602 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Jim Syler · Rating 3 out of 5]

The author takes a fascinating subject and manages to make it dry and laborious. The information is very interesting; the prose will bore you to death. The section on Somalia at the end picks up somewhat, but if that's your main interest I recommend Mark Bowden's far superior Black Hawk Down.

Still, I learned a lot by reading it. The section on Robert's Rangers (and the often-false mythology thereof) in particular has stuck with me in the many years since I read this.