United States Marine Corps

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Works:	16,915 works in 26,997 publications in 11 languages and 778,580 library holdings
Genres:	History Handbooks and manuals
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Most widely held works about United States

Flags of our fathers by James Bradley( Book )
Code talker : a novel about the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac( Book )
A rumor of war by Philip Caputo( Book )
Guadalcanal diary by Richard Tregaskis( Book )
The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose( Book )

Flags of our fathers by Clint Eastwood( Visual )
Goodbye, darkness : a memoir of the Pacific War by William Manchester( Book )
Matterhorn : a novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes( Book )
Under fire by W. E. B Griffin( Book )
Death and honor by W. E. B Griffin( Book )
Battle ready by Tom Clancy( Book )
Retreat, hell! by W. E. B Griffin( Book )
Under fire : an American story by Oliver North( Book )
The bridges of Vietnam : from the journals of a U.S. Marine intelligence officer by Fred L Edwards( )
Behind the lines by W. E. B Griffin( Book )
In danger's path by W. E. B Griffin( Book )
Blood and honor by W. E. B Griffin( Book )
With the Old Breed at Peleliu and Okinawa by E. B Sledge( Book )
Close combat by W. E. B Griffin( Book )
Gender differences at work : women and men in nontraditional occupations by Christine L Williams( )

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Most widely held works by United States

The U.S. Army/Marine Corps counterinsurgency field manual : U.S. Army field manual no. 3-24 : Marine Corps warfighting publication no. 3-33.5 by United States( Book )

18 editions published between 2006 and 2007 in English and held by 1,079 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"When the U.S. military invaded Iraq, it lacked a common understanding of the problems inherent in counterinsurgency campaigns. It had neither studied them nor developed doctrine and tactics to deal with them. It is not unfair to say that in 2003, most Army officers knew more about the U.S. Civil War than they did about counterinsurgency." "This volume was written to fill that void. The result of unprecedented collaboration among top U.S. military experts, scholars, and practitioners in the field, the manual espouses an approach to combat that emphasizes constant adaptation and learning. The importance of decentralized decision-making, the need to understand local politics and customs, and the key role of intelligence in winning the support of the population. The manual also emphasizes the paradoxical and often counterintuitive nature of counterinsurgency operations: sometimes the more you protect your forces, the less secure you are; sometimes the more force you use, the less effective it is; sometimes doing nothing is the best reaction. A new introduction by Sarah Sewall, director of the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, places the manual in critical and historical perspective, explaining the significance and potential impact of this revolutionary challenge to conventional U.S. military doctrine."--BOOK JACKET

Okinawa: victory in the Pacific by United States( Book )

4 editions published between 1955 and 1965 in English and held by 749 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Marine aviation in the Philippines by Charles W Boggs( Book )

2 editions published in 1951 in English and held by 608 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The return of Allied forces to the Philippines in the fall of 1944 further throttled Japan's already tenuous pipe line to the rich resources of Malaya and the Netherlands Indies, and with it the last vestige of her ability to meet the logistical requirements of a continuing war. The Battle for Leyte Gulf marked the end of Japan as a naval power, forcing her to adopt the desperation kamikaze tactic against the United States Fleets. The Philippine victories were primarily Army and Navy operations. Marines, comprising only a fraction of the toal forces engaged, played a secondary but significant role in the overall victory. The campaign was important to the Corps in that the Marine aviatiors, who had battled two years for air control over the Solomons, moved into a new role, their first opportunity to test on a large scale the fundamental Marine doctrine of close air support for ground troops in conventional land operations. This test they passed with credit, and Marine flyers contributed materially to the Philippines victory. Lessons learned and techniques perfected in those campaigns form an important chapter in our present-day close air support dotrines.--Foreword

The recapture of Guam by United States( Book )

7 editions published between 1954 and 1984 in English and held by 567 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The Recapture Of Guam is the twelfth in a series of operational monographs prepared by the Historical Branch, G-3 Division, Headquarters U. S. Marine Corps, designed to give the military student and the casual reader an accurate and detailed account of the operations in which Marines participated during World War II. When sufficient of these monographs have been completed they will be integrated into a final Operational History of the Marine Corps in World War II. With Army units fighting directly beside the Marines throughout most of the campaign, Army activities are treated herein with sufficient detail to give the proper perspective to the overall account. Many officers and men who participated in this campaign have contributed to the preparation of this monograph by generously answering specific inquiries, commenting on preliminary drafts, or submitting to interview. Grateful acknowledgment is made herewith. Special recognition is extended to Office of Naval History, Naval Records and Library, and Office of the Chief of Military History, Department of the Army--in particular Dr. Philip A. Crowl and Mr. Thomas G. Wilds of the Pacific Section. Appreciation for the extensive research required in presenting an accurate and complete account of the campaign, especially as to the Japanese viewpoint, is extended to Mr. Henry I. Shaw, Jr. Finally, the help of Lieutenant Colonel Frank O. Hough in editing the manuscript is acknowledged with gratitude. Maps included herein were prepared by the Reproduction Section, Marine Corps Schools, Quantico, Virginia. Official Marine Corps photographs have been used to illustrate this monograph unless otherwise noted

Marines in the Central Solomons by John N Rentz( Book )

2 editions published in 1952 in English and held by 529 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Iwo Jima : amphibious epic by United States( Book )

10 editions published between 1951 and 1997 in English and Chinese and held by 523 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Marshalls : increasing the tempo by United States( Book )

2 editions published in 1954 in English and held by 522 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The campaign on New Britain by United States( Book )

2 editions published in 1952 in English and held by 511 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The truth is that nothing was easy on New Britain. Jungle, swamp and mountain combined with atrocious weather to multiply problems of time and space. Then, too, the Japanese held an inestimable advantage in their familiarity with the terrain -- an advantage which they exploited with no little skill. It took maneuver on our part to cope with this phalanx of difficulties, and before the fighting ended it had sprawled over more territory than any other Marine campaign of the war. There is no such thing as a "light" casualty list, and more than 300 Marines paid with their lives in New Britain's fetid jungle. But viewed in the light of numbers engaged, ground gained, and enemy losses, it was not a costly victory. On the contrary, the fighting that ranged from Cape Gloucester to Talasea ranks as one of the most economical operations in the entire Pacific. - Foreword

Evaluation of ground-water degradation resulting from waste disposal to alluvium near Barstow, California by Jerry L Hughes( )

4 editions published between 1975 and 1976 in English and held by 481 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The Guadalcanal campaign by United States( Book )

2 editions published in 1949 in English and held by 456 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Saipan : the beginning of the end by Carl W Hoffman( Book )

2 editions published in 1950 in English and held by 438 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Counteroffensive : U.S. Marines from Pohang to No Name Line by Ronald J Brown( Book )

1 edition published in 2001 in English and held by 433 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book was donated as a part of the David H. Hugel Collection, an archival collection of the Special Collections & Archives, University of Baltimore

Hydrogeologic framework of U.S. Marine Corps Base at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina by Alex P Cardinell( )

2 editions published in 1993 in English and held by 390 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Application of geophysical methods to the delineation of paleochannels and missing confining units above the Castle Hayne aquifer at U.S. Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, North Carolina by Charles C Daniel( )

2 editions published in 1996 in English and held by 390 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geohydrology and ground-water-flow simulation of the Surprise Spring basin aquifer system, San Bernardino County, California by Clark J Londquist( )

2 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 377 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Geohydrology and potential for artificial recharge in the western part of the U.S. Marine Corps Base, Twentynine Palms, California, 1982-83 by J. P Akers( )

3 editions published in 1986 in English and held by 372 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Small unit action in Vietnam, summer 1966 by Francis J West( Book )

3 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 369 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Information technology : issues affecting cost impact of Navy Marine Corps Intranet need to be resolved by United States( )

1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 351 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Expeditionary operations( )

3 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 316 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Marine Corps doctrinal publication (MCDP) 3, Expeditionary Operations, establishes doctrine for the conduct of military operations by the U.S. Marine Corps. It describes the Marine Corps as an expeditionary force-in-readiness that is manned, trained, and equipped specifically to respond quickly to a broad variety of crises and conflicts across the full range of military operations anywhere in the world. It emphasizes the naval character of Marine Corps forces ... This publication is compatible with the Marine Corps' capstone doctrinal publication, MCDP 1, Warfighting ... Where MCDP 1 describes the Marine Corps' philosophy of warfighting, this publication describes the types of operations of which Marine Corps forces must be capable."--Pages [i-ii]

Fire support in Marine air-ground task force operations by United States( )

2 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 307 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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