Tom Irwin Books

The Jedburghs: The Secret History of the Allied Special Forces, France 1944
A really superior book which details one of the little-known stories of WWII and the Normandy Invasion. It allows us to see how many Frenchmen aided the Allies in the liberation of France. My only drawback to the book, is that the author, like many who write war books, seems to assume that we are familiar with the cities or territories. A few maps please!

All of a sudden we have several books on the Jedburghs, at least two others come to mind. One thing this author doesn't answer for me is 'why' they were named Jedburghs. He gives us enough info to realize that several explanations have been put forth, however, he is not able to settle on just one.

These 3-men teams were trained and retrained up to the very date of the D-Day landings, with some of the men taken directly from the training field to behind the lines action. The teams consisted of 3 individuals, generally 2 officers, and 1 radioman. The 3-men teams were supposed to contain two officers, either British, French, or American, and 1 radioman at Sergeant level. All were required to be experienced in the French language, and the radioman was preferred to have at least 2 year's college. The radiomen had a special radio made exclusively for the rough combat conditions expected, with all members of the 3 men team trained all areas of survival.

They were expected to stay alive on their own until the D-Day armies reached the behind the line areas into which the Jeds had been dropped. The Jeds were also expected to arm, clothe, and train all French resistance personel in their areas. One of the attributes looked for in these men was that of having an attitude, or men who looked for a scrap. And during their training this was an ongoing psychological requirement. At certain points as many as 40% of applicants were washed out. After reading this book you realize any of these men who made it, were indeed very special men.

The author is very knowledgable about these teams and offers a very readable book. Until these recent books and declassified records, not much public awareness existed concerning these 3 men teams. I enjoyed this subject so much I have another book by another author on order concerning this same subject. One serious flaw of this book: no maps. For those of us without great knowledge of France, general maps and some of the specific area dropzones would have been beneficial.

If you enjoy out of the mainstream material on WWII subjects, these books on the Jedburghs, a force of no more than 300 men, may be for you. As an ex-military man, these resilient, courageous men have my fullest admiration!

Semper Fi.

I took a risk buying this book. I was intrigued by these secret warriors and was further intrigued reading Wild Bill Donovan's biography. Irvin seems to have done his homework and the set up was well written. My problem was every story was written from a 10,000ft and never seemed to finish. I was lost trying to keep track. Stories would start never having ended another.
Scattered thoughts on written page.

My interest in the Office of Strategic Service and subsequently the Jedburghs is the direct result of my obsession in collecting, restoring and using military communications (MilCom) equipment; especially "spy radios" of the WW-II through Viet Nam.

The Jedburghs consisted of three man teams of military personnel made up of specially trained officers and enlisted men. These teams drew from the U.S., British and Free French personnel who, after intensive training, were air dropped behind Nazi lines piror to the D-Day invasion in 1944.

Typically these Jedburgh Teams were responsible for recruiting, training, arming and organizing local resistance movements to form effective irregular (guerilla) forces which would harass the Nazi's prior to and during the initial phases of Operation Overloard, the D-Day invasion. Overall, this idea has been carried forward and the U.S. Army Special Forces (Green Berret) are direct descendents of these Jedburgh Teams.

This book takes a look at several individual Jedburgh Teams and their guerilla ctivities in occupied France. The author shows us an inside look into the workings of an early special ops force that is, quite literally, out numbered, out gunned and alone in a very hostile environment.

While this book is not the difiniative work on the special section within the OSS called "Jedburghs", it can be viewed as a well documented work that will serve to whet the appitite of anyone wanting specific knowledge of this segment of WW-II.

The author is knowledgable and has documented his text quite well. With all the hoopla regarding special operations units in the War on Terror, The Jedburghs will reveal how today's SOCOM units got their start.

This book has some very detailed information on the recruiting and training standards for the commandos that entered France before the D-Day invasion. The selection process was very interesting along with team composition for nationalities, language skills, radio skills, and ability to adapt to active environments.

The description of the teams in France was more espionage in arming the Partisans and sabotaging German lines of communication. They had no self sustainment capability at all, they depended on the French civilians to provide them transportation, food, and shelter. They spent months preparing for the operation and once they landed, they were either chased around the countryside by the Germans or they coordinating the delivery of weapons and ammunition for the Partisans to disrupt the rear area German units.

What was extremely dangerous were the spies that operated before the Jedburgh teams. These spies acted independently for years in developing communications and Partisan cells. Once the teams arrived, the spies would then interface with the teams in introducing them to the cells.

Another interesting note was the lack of German security at night in France. It seems that they allowed very liberal movement and freedom to the French, no enforced curfews. When one of the teams landed in a farm field, the locals used fires to mark the landing zone. The German garrison at the neighboring village didn't even investigate.

The Jedburghs were well trained and successful in coordinating weapons delivery and training to the Partisans, but the Germans facilitated it by not enforcing martial law and restricting French civilian movements. Had the German rear area command been more aggressive in limiting French civilian movements, they would have limited the Partisans ability to communicate with messengers and gather large groups for offensive actions.

Overall, a different and unique perspective into the training of commandos. Extremely well researched, good book to borrow from the library.

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This book holds an excewllent treatment of the range and focus of topics which fall under the environmental resource economics realm. The author addresses both the fundamentals and advanced social concepts mixed with excellent examples of the economic principles which resource managers must make during the policy process and the inherent problems these policies present. A must read for anyone interested in working in the public sector.

I would highly recommend this book for any students (Business or non businss)majors interested in learning more about Marketing. The text starts off with the four essentials functions of marketing which are product,place,price,and promotion. This builds a solid fountain for all higher level business classes! Also this text provides highly organized graphics and examples.

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O'Brien in his 14th edition (in collaboration with George Marakas) continues to deliver a quality textbook for beginning college students.

The authors cover the necessary topics for those interested in the fundamentals of business technology and the world around us regardless of their interests.

The book continues to be strong with real world cases, key terms and concepts, review quiz, and discussion question sections. The new analysis exercises make the reader to evaluate their new found knowledge and research beyond the textbook.

The currency of new technologies is included as workable examples; a key driver for the many editions of this textbook.

Product was delivered on time and in the condition as described. Good deal.

I purchased this book for a college Information Systems class. It is a good general overview of IS. The negatives are: 1) it is quite repetitive, especially the beginning, 2) the case studies are general -- not in-depth. Although with the right professor and class, it will offer solid support for a mangerial overview of IS.

received my item very quickly. and the book was in excellent condition

in this book every single sentence is a long,I mean very long, definition.The amount of information pressed into each single chapter is amazing. THis book claims to be an introduction to information systems, I have some backround information and still have trouble to understand this text. I would definitely not recomend this book. Please pick something else, and there are many better books out there.

This is the best economic book ever. It's very well written. Its powerpoint slides are very helpful. It is one of my favorite book. Don't sale after class.

Schiller definitely covers the info you need to know. There are more than a few points in the book, however, where he puts forth his opinion of certain fiscal policy decisions as an outright fact - he even coughs up a few graphs and charts to back himself up.
I would bet my next 16 paychecks that Bradley Schiller is a die-hard republican. His political leanings are up to him, but a textbook is hardly the place to be putting forth biased political opinions, whether you agree with them or not. If you have an econ class that requires this book, keep an eye out for anything that seems like it might not be a fact - they are incredibly subtle.

This was the same book as 9th edition w/just a few different pictures a little more up to date current events. I could have used the 9th edition

Be cautious because the author is opinionated about certain controversial issues, and he puts them forth as fact. I even question the way he uses some graphs and analyses; some of them are so in depth, that I really don't have the time to break them down and expose what I think are fallacies - I dont' have the luxury of that kind of time! With that said, however, I have definitely learned a lot from this book. I am very impressed with the authors ability to explain some pretty complicated areas of economics in a manner that should be easy to understand by all. He is even at times funny, which is nice. You will learn a lot from this book - just be sure to read critically and don't take everything he says as fact!

A very thorough overview of macro and micro economic issues, principles and policies. This book is well suited to the un-initiated seeking to gain a better insight into the world of economics and economic theory. Jargon is well explained and the authors do not assume that you necessarily have any background knowledge and build up the theory in a very logical way. I appreciated the chapter summaries and the key issues highlighted in the margins. I found the book very useful in my MBA studies and found that it has stimulated further interest and a better understanding of the subject.

The study guide is a great way to study the information from the textbook. Even if your instructor does not use it for classwork, it is a handy tool to study for quizzes, mid-terms, or any other tests you may be given during class.

I never received the book. I have issued a complaint against the owner who I have contacted and has not replied.

My book arrived in the condition that the seller had posted and it arrived before the delivery estimate that I was given.

Microeconomics by McConnell and Brue is a great text book. The explanation is very clear. I especially like the way they explain the graphs and concepts. It's very easy to understand. They give very good examples in each chapter. I use it for my class and I found the reading is very enjoyable. This textbook is definitely good for people who want to do self-study of microeconomics.

We thought we had ordered the textbook, Microeconomics: Principles, Problems, and Policies by McConnell and Brue. This book however is Selected Material from Microeconomics. The Table of Contents is the same as the textbook, so this is really confusing. Be sure you get what you want.

Strategic Management: Creating Competitive Advantage with Online Learning Center access card I was very dissatified with the service from Woody Books. After 2 months of correspondence and a supposive replacement shipment, I NEVER DID RECEIVE MY TEXTBOOK. I thought that their service was very inadequate. Thank goodness that I did not have my class starting within two weeks of my initial request. However, I did recieve a refund from Woody Books, but I ended up paying much more than I should for another book due to the extended shipment delay after delay.

The textbook is setup really well, easy to follow, allows readers to read into topics to their desired level of depth.

This is by far, the worst accounting textbook I have ever used. Even with prior accounting knowledge and experience, I found this book extremely hard to read and follow. The writers would spend pages explaining in detail a simple concept (such as what a current asset or liability is) but skip over new and complicated matters in a few brief sentences. The explanations are very high level and impossible to follow at times. To any professors considering this text, please look elsewhere. Your students will be better off without a book at all.

Not sure how McGraw pitched this book to schools but every one I know who have taken a class with this book agrees this is the worst book for students. It's hard to read, doesn't explain much, and the chapters are extremely long.

This book is horrible! The chapters are thrown together with no real organization and are way too lengthy. Every week when we go over the answers to the homework, it turns out that five or six of the "teacher's answers" were wrong! I would not recommend this to any professor teaching a financial statements analysis class.

Overall, I think the book is full of detail and a little difficult to understand even though I work as a credit analyst. It was well written for credit analysts. To someone that has not been trained in credit and does not work in credit it might be too much information. This book was recommended to me in a credit course I took and it is the best book I have and surpasses any credit course I took as it goes in depth but is not really that difficult. The book does not go into accounting such as T accounts and debits and credits.

If you can get the instructor CD rom, which has all the answers to the questions (there are many at the end of each chapter) then it is well worth the money spent. The answers do provide a lot of information. The CD also has power point slides and word docs of all the answers. The book goes from basic in teh first few chapters to complex towards the end. There are excellent analyses of capital structure, liquidity, profitability and shows excellent analysis of companies. There is a comprehensive fs analysis at the end for Campbells soup and Dell and it is very well written. Again, you need the CD to get full benefit. At the end of each ch there are numerous questions, exercises, case studies and problems. It takes forever to do though them and many are CFA adapted questions.

The CD rom should not be restricted like it is. It was very annoying to hear that the authors do not allow the students to get the CD. They should have separated the answers to the questions from the test bank.

I agree with a previous comment that some of the answers were wrong but I think for the most part they were right and the amount of information in the answers was good. I think some questions were not answered very well though but most had quite a lot of good information. It did not dive into accounting at all either which some others had mentioned.

**Definitely try and get the CD or contact me.
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I have been using this textbook for a few weeks now in a class at Regis University. It is not an easy read. Full of details without a good layman's explanation of concepts. It assumes a lot of prior accounting knowledge.