Featured on the Commandant of the Marine Corps’ Reading List and the Chief of Naval Operation’s “Naval Power” Reading ListThe Marine Corps is known for its heroes, and Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller has long been considered the greatest of them all. His assignments and activities covered an extraordinary spectrum of warfare. Puller mastered small unit guerrilla warfare as a lieutenant in Haiti in the 1920s, and at the end of his career commanded a division in K...

In "From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War," Jon T. Hoffman delves into the audacious operations of the United States Marine Raiders during World War II's Pacific Theater. This meticulously researched work not only chronicles key battles such as Makin and Bougainville but also employs a vivid narrative style that blends military history with personal accounts, capturing the valor and struggles of the Raiders amidst the turmoil of war. Hoffman's scholarly approach sit...

Richly illustrated with 12 maps and 46 photos.The lightning campaign that toppled the Saddam Hussein regime in Iraq in the spring of 2003 seemed to herald the arrival of a new way of war, as Germany's blitzkrieg had done at the beginning of World War II. But the initial victory soon devolved into a persistent counterinsurgency conflict reminiscent of the long U.S. effort to pacify the Philippines after the rapid defeat of Spain in 1898. In Iraq, American soldiers and their Coalition...

This pamphlet describes the critical role of Army officers who defied the odds and saw this immense project through to completion. They included Col. William C. Gorgas, who supervised the medical effort that saved countless lives and made it possible for the labor force to do its job; Col. George W. Goethals, who oversaw the final design of the canal and its construction and, equally important, motivated his workers to complete the herculean task ahead of schedule; and many other officers ...

In "From Makin to Bougainville: Marine Raiders in the Pacific War," Jon T. Hoffman meticulously chronicles the strategic and operational evolution of the U.S. Marine Raiders during World War II. With a keen focus on significant campaigns such as Makin and Bougainville, Hoffman's narrative employs a rich tapestry of firsthand accounts, military reports, and authoritative analyses, reflecting both the brutality of warfare and the indomitable spirit of the Marines. His literary style blends r...

In February 1942, Lieutenant General Thomas Holcomb, the Commandant of the Marine Corps, ordered the creation of a new unit designated the 1st Marine Raider Battalion. This elite force, and its three sister battalions, went on to gain considerable fame for fighting prowess in World War II. There is more to the story of these units, however, than a simple tale of combat heroics. The inception, growth, and sudden end of the raiders reveals a great deal about the development and conduct of am...

The Marine Corps is known for its heroes, and Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller has long been considered the greatest of them all. His assignments and activities covered an extraordinary spectrum of warfare. Puller mastered small unit guerrilla warfare as a lieutenant in Haiti in the 1920s, and at the end of his career commanded a division in Korea. In between, he chased Sandino in Nicaragua and fought at Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, and Peleliu.With his bulldog face, barrel ches...

Key FeaturesBook DescriptionIf you are a developer that learns best by looking at, and working with, code, then this book is for you. A basic understanding of Apple's tools is beneficial but not mandatory.What you will learnPrototype and test code in a PlaygroundUnderstand the basics of Swift, including operators, collections, control flows, and functionsCreate and use Classes, Structures, and Enums, including objecto...

Instead of religion influencing political outcomes, this analysis examines how politics influences religious outcomes. Dominant analyses examining the utilization of religion as a tool of statecraft in the Middle East remain overwhelmingly fixated on how Islam influences the foreign policies of different state actors – not how political considerations often influence the forms Islam assumes and how religion itself is often molded according to strategic considerations of po...

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Letter to Dr. Richard Sackler and Attachments contains correspondence with Senator Edward Kennedy concerning crack heroin:"Mr. McLaughlin and Mr. Micewski said they had uncovered a Dominican drug-trafficking ring in Philadelphia, New York and other east coast cities that was funneling profits to the Dominican Revolutionary Party which they said was supported by the Central Intelligence Agency and the State Department...""The agents filed a civil rights lawsuit in 1...