The Marines' Fight for Survival: War, Politics, and Institutional Crisis, 1945-1952 - Hardcover
by Rod Andrew
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Availability:In StockContributor:Rod AndrewSeries:Studies in Civil-Military RelationsPublish date:10/20/2025Pages:480
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KansasISBN-13:9780700640485ISBN-10:700640487UPC:9780700640485Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Korean WarSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.13 inchesWeight:1.6204Product ID:SCSM4VYHX4
The Marines' Fight for Survival: War, Politics, and Institutional Crisis, 1945-1952
The compelling history of how the US Marines and their allies fought to preserve the Corps and establish its role in national defense.
Only five years after Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima, the United States Marine Corps was close to becoming a hollow force. A parsimonious Truman administration and a hostile defense secretary, Louis Johnson, had reduced the Corps to a handful of...
Series: Studies in Civil-Military Relations
Language:EnglishPublisher:University Press of KansasISBN-13:9780700640485ISBN-10:700640487UPC:9780700640485Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Military, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:Korean WarSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 1.13 inchesWeight:1.6204Product ID:SCSM4VYHX4
Andrew, Rod: - Rod Andrew Jr. is professor of history and Alumni Master Teacher at Clemson University. The author of six books, he is a retired colonel in the US Marine Corps Reserve and former Officer-in-Charge, Field History Branch, US Marine Corps History Division.
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
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