Bartlett, Merrill L.

The U.S. Marine Corps : an illustrated history / United States Marine Corps Merrill L. Bartlett & Jack Sweetman. - Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, c2001. - xiv, 312 pages : illustrations, maps ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-302) and index.

Marines through the ages
The Continental Marines, 1775-1783
The early years, 1798-1820
The era of Archibald Henderson, 1820-1859
Marines in blue and gray, 1859-1865
At sea in the gilded age, 1865-1898
Colonial infantry, 1898-1917
Over there, 1917-1918
Between the wars, 1919-1941
World War Two: the South Pacific campaign, 1942-1943
World War Two: The central Pacific drive, 1943-1945
The unification struggle and Korea, 1945-1953
The Vietnam war, 1954-1975
The new breed, 1976-2000

The proud and the few come to life in words and images in this new history of the U.S. Marines Corps, based on extensive research and more than 200 illustrations.

0870217682 (alk. paper) 9780870217685 (alk. paper)

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United States. Marine Corps --History.
Estados Unidos. Cuerpo de Marines --Historia

VE 23 / B291u 2001

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