Product Description: The James Guthrie Harbord papers, contained in the special collection described in this register, are limited to that correspondence relating to the Marine Corps. Much of the correspondence collected relates to the fractious competition for the Marine Corps’ highest post in 1930 and General Harbord’s attempt to aid a wartime companion...read more

Product Description: This biography of the controversial iconoclast Pete Ellis recounts his impact on the history of the Marine Corps. (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The authors of the highly regarded history The U.S. Marine Corps have written a new work that combines a lively, well-researched narrative with a generous selection of photographs and paintings, many in full color, and numerous maps to provide an illustrated history of the U...read more

This well-documented and hard-hitting biography of the thirteenth commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps succeeds in converting John A. Lejeune from a near mythical figure in corps history to a flesh and blood officer who helped build the service from a small appendage of the U.S. Navy to an important arm of naval warfare.Commandant from 1920 to 1929, when he retired from military service to become president of Virginia Military Institute, Major General Lejeune is regarded by many as the man most responsible for the establishment of the modern Marine Corps. In capturing the life and times of this visionary leader who directed the corps toward major amphibious operations, Merrill Bartlett provides vivid insight into the political and military giants of the era and shows Lejeune to be an adroit player of Washington politics and a shrewd manipulator who marshalled the energies and loyalties of his senior officers to accomplish his vision. (view table of contents)

Product Description: This book is an operational history of amphibious warfare in the cold war, principally as refined and executed by the two superpowers, their allies, and surrogates. The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps receive the lion's share of coverage because their amphibious forces evolved earlier, attained credibility sooner, grew larger, and deployed in more distant seas than their counterparts in other countries, but all major powers are treated...read more

Product Description: This collection of 51 essays provides a history of amphibious landings that include European, Asian, and American operations. It describes in detail some of history's most significant amphibious assaults, as well as planned attacks that were never carried out.

Product Description: No Dust Jacket. Corners bumped, boards edgeworn.