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020 $a1557508682 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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050 00 $aVE23$b.S55 2002
082 00 $a359.9/6/0973$221
100 1 $aSimmons, Edwin H.,$d1921-2007.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86108439
245 14 $aThe United States Marines :$ba history /$cEdwin Howard Simmons ; maps by Charles H. Waterhouse.
250 $a4th ed.
260 $aAnnapolis, Md. :$bNaval Institute Press,$c[2002], ©2002.
300 $a405 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates :$billustrations, maps, photographs ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a1775-1785: To serve to advantage by sea -- 1798-1811: To be called the Marine Corps -- 1812-1815: "Shall I board her, Sir?" -- 1816-1844: Insult to the flag reveng'd -- 1845-1859: To the halls of the Montezumas -- 1859-1865: This Negro question -- 1865-1898: As a separate Corps be preserved -- 1898-1902: Civilize em with a krag! -- 1899-1916: A pacific effect upon the oriental mind -- 1917-1918: The whole nation has reason to be proud -- 1917-1941: If attacked, shoot and shoot to kill -- 1941-1944: From shipboard to small islands -- 1943-1945: All organized resistance has ceased -- 1946-1950: A very serious and urgent matter -- 1950-1953: If I only had the 1st Marine Division -- 1952-1965: A separate service, distinct and apart -- 1965-1972: Battles would be fought and re-fought -- 1972-1975: Getting back into the amphibious business -- 1975-1989: As tough and ready as Marines have ever been -- 1990-1991: Breaching the so-called impenetrable barrier -- 1991-1998: A maritime nation--always was, always will be.
520 1 $a"This fourth edition of Brig. Gen. Edwin H. Simmons's popular history of the U.S. Marine Corps reflects the latest scholarship on events reaching back to the Corps's beginnings in November 1775, when the Second Continental Congress authorized two battalions of American Marines, and takes the Corps up to 2001.".
520 8 $a"With a foreword by former Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Jones, the book provides a lively chronicle of the Corps's participation in all the nation's wars, from the American Revolution to Desert Storm. Highlights include the Marines' legendary contributions at such places as Bladensburg, Guantanamo, Belleau Wood, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, Inchon, Chosin, Hue, and Khe Sanh.
520 8 $aWhile the focus of this history is on the big wars, it doesn't slight events in between, among them the humanitarian missions that have helped define the Corps. Nor does it neglect the intermittent but never-ending fight for the Corps's survival at home where it faces periodic challenges from the Army, Navy, Air Force, and, on occasion, unfriendly presidents.
520 8 $aFew writers know the subject as intimately as General Simmons, who writes from firsthand experience in three wars and as the longtime head of the Corps's history division."--BOOK JACKET.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps$xHistory.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140842
852 00 $bglx$hVE23$i.S55 2002