The U.S. Marines and amphibious war : its theory, and its practice in the Pacific
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The U.S. Marines and amphibious war : its theory, and its practice in the Pacific
(Princeton legacy library)
Princeton University Press, [20--], c1951
Available at 1 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Reprint. Originally published: Princeton University Press, 1951
Includes bibliographical references (p. [591]-626) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"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 latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface and Acknowledgments, pg. v*Contents, pg. ix*I. MISSION OF THE U.S. MARINES, THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT, pg. 1*II. EVOLUTION OF AN AMPHIBIOUS DOCTRINE, 1901-1934, pg. 14*III. TRAINING FOR AMPHIBIOUS WAR, 1934-1942, pg. 45*IV. BACKGROUND FOR GUADALCANAL, THE DECISION TO ATTACK, pg. 72*V. INITIAL OFFENSIVES, SOLOMONS-NEW BRITAIN-NEW GUINEA, pg. 99*VI. THE FIRST MAJOR ASSAULT, TARAWA, pg. 192*VII. THE MARSHALLS, GAINING MOMENTUM, pg. 253*VIII. THE MARIANAS, BASES FOR THE A.A.F., pg. 310*IX. PALAU AND THE PHILIPPINES: MARINES IN SUPPORT OF MACARTHUR, pg. 392*X. THE SUPREME TEST, IWO JIMA, pg. 432*XI. OKINAWA, SPRINGBOARD TO JAPAN, pg. 531*XII. AMPHIBIOUS PROGRESS, 1941-1945, pg. 580*REFERENCES, pg. 591*INDEX, pg. 627
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