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The U.S. Marine Corps : an illustrated history by Merrill L. Bartlett, Jack Sweetman is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is The U.S. Marine Corps : an illustrated history about?
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 a comprehensive warts-and-all study and a celebration of the exploits of a colorfully 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 -- have teamed up to create this carefully balanced account. The work covers in detail not only the epic battles of the world wars and harrowing struggles in Vietnam and Korea, but the formative years of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Readers will find thrilling tales of the Continental Marines fighting for American independence and a revealing account of the interactions of the USMC and CSMC during the Civil War as well as the awe-inspiring, bloody struggle for Iwo Jima and the legendary fighting withdrawal in Korea at Chosin. Many of the personalities presented are familiar -- among them Chesty Puller, Smedley Butler, and Archibald Henderson -- but new names, faces, and deeds emerge as the authors probe deeply into Marine h
Who reads The U.S. Marine Corps : an illustrated history?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Merrill L. Bartlett, Jack Sweetman
- Publisher
- US Naval Institute Press
- Published
- 2001
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780870217685
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Science, Humanities
- Rating
- 5 / 5 (3 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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