E-Book, Englisch, 656 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Isely / Crowl U.S. Marines and Amphibious Warfare
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7946-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
E-Book, Englisch, 656 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7946-5
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: 6 - ePub Watermark
"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.
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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
