Full Description
From the turn of the 20th century until the end of World War II, the United States Marine Corps fought a series of "small wars," starting in the Philippines in 1899, and ending in the islands of the southwest Pacific in 1945. Through this experience, the Marines perfected the prosecution of such wars in its famed Small Wars Manual, written for Marine Corps schools in the late 1930s. The present volume is a chronological examination of the various Marine expeditions in the Pacific, West Indies and Central America from 1899 through 1945, and of the lessons learned.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Small Wars: A Diplomatic Background, 1899-1933
2. To Sunny Tropic Scenes: The Marine Corps and Expeditionary Warfare, 1899-1916
3. Fighting Insurgents in Haiti and the Lessons of Small Wars, 1919-1929
4. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924
5. Bush Warriors: Marines, Soldiers and Small Unit Training and Leadership, 1919-1933
6. Counterinsurgency from the Air: Marine Aviation in Small Wars (Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua), 1919-1933
7. An Expedition Beyond the Sea: China, the Marines and Peacekeeping, 1923-1937
8. In Every Clime and Place: The U.S. Marines in Nicaragua, 1925-1933
9. The Lessons of Small Wars: The End of the Nicaraguan Campaign,
1929-1933
10. Gung Ho: Marine Corps and U.S. Navy Special Units During World War II, 1940-1945
11. The U.S. Marine Corps and the First Counterinsurgency Era, 1899-1945: A Summary
Appendices
A. A Creditable Position: James Carson Breckinridge and the Development of the Marine Corps Schools, by Troy R. Elkins
B. After-Action Report on 2nd Raider Battalion in Operations Against the Enemy (August-December 1942) (Enclosure A) and Reply of the Commandant of the Marine Corps (March 1943)
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
