U.S. Marines and Amphibious Warfare / / Philip A. Crowl, Jeter A. Isely.
"Not only a just appraisal of the campaigns waged by Marines in World War II; it is a documentation of the Marine struggle to prove the feasibility of amphibious warfare. Relentlessly accurate and impartial." -N.Y. Times.Originally published in 1951.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the la...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1951 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (656 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Contents
- I. MISSION OF THE U.S. MARINES, THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT
- II. EVOLUTION OF AN AMPHIBIOUS DOCTRINE, 1901-1934
- III. TRAINING FOR AMPHIBIOUS WAR, 1934-1942
- IV. BACKGROUND FOR GUADALCANAL, THE DECISION TO ATTACK
- V. INITIAL OFFENSIVES, SOLOMONS-NEW BRITAIN-NEW GUINEA
- VI. THE FIRST MAJOR ASSAULT, TARAWA
- VII. THE MARSHALLS, GAINING MOMENTUM
- VIII. THE MARIANAS, BASES FOR THE A.A.F.
- IX. PALAU AND THE PHILIPPINES: MARINES IN SUPPORT OF MACARTHUR
- X. THE SUPREME TEST, IWO JIMA
- XI. OKINAWA, SPRINGBOARD TO JAPAN
- XII. AMPHIBIOUS PROGRESS, 1941-1945
- REFERENCES
- INDEX