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Title: Decent
Review: While most certainly a descriptive look at the role of infantry in the 20th century(excluding late conflicts such as the Gulf War), the author focuses far too much on the singular role of infantry weapons and squad composition for success. He very lightly looks at the overall strategy of conflicts, so it is quite ironic that he focuses on the tactical brilliance of the Japanese and German troops during WWII, without realizing the sole purpose of warfare is to win wars. His chapters on the Japanese are probably the most troubling when he discusses their small unit abilities while failing to mention the inevitable devastation that their human wave tactics caused on their infantry units and war plan as a whole.
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