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The United States Marines: A History
Edwin Howard Simmons
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Description for The United States Marines: A History
Paperback. Num Pages: 404 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JW. Category: (G) General; (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
Since its somewhat confused beginnings in November 1775 when the Second Continental Congress almost absentmindedly authorized two battalions of American marines, the U.S. Marine Corps has participated in all the nation's wars from the American Revolution through Desert Storm. This compact yet complete study focuses on the big wars but never slights events in between: the little wars, campaigns, punitive expeditions, showings of the flag, protection of American lives and property, and humanitarian missions that help define the corps. Nor does the author neglect the intermittent but never-ending fight for the corps's survival at home where it faces periodic challenges ... Read more
Since its somewhat confused beginnings in November 1775 when the Second Continental Congress almost absentmindedly authorized two battalions of American marines, the U.S. Marine Corps has participated in all the nation's wars from the American Revolution through Desert Storm. This compact yet complete study focuses on the big wars but never slights events in between: the little wars, campaigns, punitive expeditions, showings of the flag, protection of American lives and property, and humanitarian missions that help define the corps. Nor does the author neglect the intermittent but never-ending fight for the corps's survival at home where it faces periodic challenges ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
404
Place of Publication
Annopolis, United States
ISBN
9781557508683
SKU
V9781557508683
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Ref
99-15
About Edwin Howard Simmons
Brig. Gen. Edwin Howard Simmons, USMC (Ret.) served in the Marine Corps for thirty-six years, from 1942 to 1978, and is a decorated veteran of World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. He also served the Corps for seventeen years as a civilian, including many years as Director of Marine Corps History and Museums. He is the author of the Korean ... Read more
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