U.S. Marines and Amphibious Warfare ( Princeton Legacy Library )

Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library

Author： Isely Jeter A.;Crowl Philip A.  

Publisher： Princeton University Press‎

Publication year： 2015

E-ISBN: 9781400879465

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691069173

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780691069173

Subject： D Political and Legal;E19 military history

Keyword： 政治、法律,军事史

Language： ENG

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"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.

Chapter

Cover

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments

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

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