U.S. Marines and Amphibious Warfare

Jeter A. Isely, Philip A. Crowl

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2015
• Print ISBN:
  9780691627342
  9780691069173
• eBook ISBN:
  9781400879465
• Topic: Politica e relazioni internazionali
• Subtopic: Seconda guerra mondiale

"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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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Contents
• List of Maps
• 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
• Photographs
• References
• Index