Rifleman Dodd is an excellent novel about the French-Portages war that was started by Napoleon in 1807. It’s a Historic fictional novel about an English rifleman from the 95th rifle brigade that was unfortunately separated from his unit. The book takes the reader through the missions he finds on his way back to his unit. His travels back to the 95th are cluttered with quick thinking tactical situations evading and killing the French as he leads portages natives in tormenting the French who eventually
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Subj: BOOK REVIEW “RIFLEMAN DODD” BY C. S. FORESTER 1. Recommendations. This book is a very interesting book but it can be hard to follow at first because it switches back and forth between two sides‚ but in the end the two sides of the story come together in the end through a series of events that bring the book to a whole. The book has an interesting storyline and is historic you could say. a. Audience. I would suggest private to corporals‚ and anyone that is interested in history and war
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Rifleman Dodd The book Rifleman Dodd by C.S. Forester is an excellent novel about the French – Portages war in 1807 that was started by Napoleon. In 1996 Rifleman Dodd was the Commandant choice. The novel supported the year’s theme of “Commitment. “ Rifleman Dodd is about a certain British foot solider named Matthew Dodd. Who comes across a very difficult period of time during the peninsular war around the year of 1810. Rifleman Dodd had been left behind during the retreat to the lines of Torres
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United States Marine Corps Professional Reading Program Book Discussion Rifleman Dodd 1. Identify the author’s mission (task and purpose) in writing this book. I believe that the mission of the author‚ Victor H. Krulak‚ Lieutenant General‚ USMC (Ret.)‚ in writing this book was to describe how vital the United States Marine Corps is to our nation and that through the extensive preparation and training we receive‚ we have become the leading fighting force on and off the battle field.
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RIFLEMAN DODD: A NOVEL OF THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN The story in the book talks about an infantry warrior named Private Matthew Dodd and his journey to re unite with his fellow soldiers. The British army was retreating to the lines of Torres Vedras and Dodd was left behind since he separated from his comrades during the retreat in Portugal behind enemy lines. He knew that he had to do one thing‚ and that was to kill all the Frenchmen. Private Dodd ran through a lot of problems during his journey trying
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Rifleman Dodd is about a green-coated British infantry rifleman in the Napoleonic Wars‚ an age when rifles were a novelty and most of the army was red-coated and carried muskets. Private Matthew Dodd gets separated from his regiment during a retreat and finds himself stranded behind enemy (French) lines in Portugal. With the occasional aid of some natives‚ but mostly on his own‚ he harasses the French with his rifle and tries to prevent them from building a bridge across the Tagus River. It’s a remarkable
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Rifleman Dodd by C.S. Forester Rifleman Dodd is a book that was given to me by my combat instructors during School of Infantry. I have intended to read the book‚ but lost it just before my arrival to 3rd Battalion‚ 5th Marines. I recently found a copy of the book and decided to read it. The book is about Pvt. Dodd‚ a British infantry rifleman in the Napoleonic Wars. During this time period rifles were a novelty and most of the army wore red-coats and carried muskets. The book is fairly
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Rifleman Dodd was the “Commandant’s Choice” for 1996 and it supported the year’s theme of “commitment.” It followed the struggles of Dodd‚ a rifleman in the British Ninety-Fifth‚ as he tried to return to his regiment when he was cut off by the French. The setting was the peninsular campaign during the Napoleonic War. The combatants were the French who “would hang or shoot—if they did not torture—any one they caught who was not a Frenchman‚” the British who only make appearances at the beginning and
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the contents of the course are invited and will aid in subsequent course revisions. Please complete the course evaluation questionnaire at the end of the final examination. Return the questionnaire and the examination booklet to your proctor. M. S. REICHENBAUGH By direction (This page intentionally left blank.) Table of Contents Page Contents ............................................................................................................................ i Student
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Rifleman Dodd Written by C.S. Forester Rifleman Dodd is a fiction war story based during the peninsular war around 1810 and Published in 1932. The main Protagonist of this book is a rifleman that goes by the name of Matthew Dodd. He served in the 95th Rifles for the English; underneath the command of Duke Wellington. At the beginning of the book‚ A battle starts‚ and amidst the chaos Dodd becomes lost and separated behind French lines. The Duke of Wellington calls for a retreat‚ leaving Dodd to
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