American Spartans: The U.S. Marines: A Combat History from Iwo Jima to Iraq - Softcover

Warren, James A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416532978 ISBN 13: 9781416532972

Publisher: Pocket Books, 2007

Synopsis

A six-decade history of the U.S. Marines offers insight into the corps' philosophy and military practices, explaining how technology, training, and a fiercely promoted sense of loyalty have enabled Marine perseverance throughout several wartime conflicts. By the author of Making the Corps. Reprint.

About this title

About the Author:

James Warren is a freelance writer specializing in modern American military history. He has written books on the Vietnam War and the cold war, and contributed the chapter on the Vietnam War to The Atlas of American Military History (1993). His reviews and articles have ap-peared in MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History, as well as in Society and The Providence (RI) Journal. He lives in New York City.

From AudioFile:

This history of the modern U.S. Marine Corps, detailing the past 65 years, seems sketchy and incomplete. That's because there is so much ground to cover, so many wars and incursions, so much internal and external politics. Dick Hill, one of AUDIOFILE's Golden Voices, contributes his kindly baritone and adds the inflections of a booster, a fan, a cheerleader of the Corps. There's nothing wrong with that--he plays to his audience and does it well. Hill's easygoing style gains a slight excitement at appropriate moments, but this is a reading rather than a performance. Still, he makes listening a pleasure as long the listener has interest in the subject matter. D.R.W. © AudioFile 2006, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1416532978
• ISBN 13: 9781416532972
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 496