The U.S. Marine Corps : an illustrated history / Merrill L. Bartlett & Jack Sweetman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bartlett, Merrill L.

Contributor:

Sweetman, Jack, 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Marine Corps--History.

United States.

United States. Marine Corps.

History.

Physical Description:

xiv, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm

Other Title:

US Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2001]

Summary:

"The proud and the few" come to life in words and images in this new history of the U. S. Marine Corps. Based on extensive research and filled with more than two hundred illustrations, the book provides both a comprehensive, warts-and-all history of the Corps and a celebration of the inspiring exploits of this colorful and unique armed service. A retired Marine lieutenant colonel and a well-known scholar -- both accomplished authors and former history professors at the U.S. Naval Academy -- teamed up to create this carefully balanced and detailed account, which covers not only the epic battles of the world wars, the harrowing struggles in Korea and Vietnam, and the triumph in the Persian Gulf, but also the formative years of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Readers will find gripping accounts of the Continental Marines fighting for American independence, the operations of both the United States and the Confederate States Marine Corps in the Civil War, the awe-inspiring, bloody struggle for Iwo Jima, and the legendary fighting withdrawal from Chosin Reservoir in Korea.

In addition to describing battles and campaigns, the authors trace the Corps's sometimes stormy relationships with the Army and Navy, its fights for survival during repeated attempts to abolish it, and the development of the amphibious assault mission that became its hallmark. They also introduce the reader to men whose names are inseparably entwined with the Corps's history -- Presley O'Bannon, Archibald Henderson, John A. Lejeune, Smedley Butler, and Chesty Puller, to name only a few. Many illustrations appear for the first time or are reprinted from rarely seen nineteenth-century sources. Historians and Leathernecks alike will find much to savor in this lively telling of a classic tale.

Contents:

1 Marines through the Ages 1

2 The Continental Marines, 1775-1783 10

3 The Early Years, 1798-1820 24

4 The Era of Archibald Henderson, 1820-1859 41

5 Marines in Blue and Gray, 1859-1865 65

6 At Sea in the Gilded Age, 1865-1898 87

7 Colonial Infantry, 1898-1917 105

8 Over There, 1917-1918 133

9 Between the Wars, 1919-1941 152

10 World War Two: The South Pacific Campaign, 1942-1943 172

11 World War Two: The Central Pacific Drive, 1943-1945 194

12 The Unification Struggle and Korea, 1945-1953 222

13 The Vietnam War, 1954-1975 245

14 The New Breed, 1976-2000 270.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index.

ISBN:

0870217682

OCLC:

45195616