Research Catalog

Title

Semper fi : the definitive illustrated history of the U.S. Marine Corps / H. Avery Chenoweth, with Brooke Nihart ; foreword by James Brady.

Author

Chenoweth, H. Avery

Publication

New York, NY : Main Street, c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

Nihart, Brooke.

Description

480 p. : ill. (some col.), col. maps; 30 cm.

Summary

Salute the few, the proud, the Marines. From their founding in 1794 to their most recent actions--including the second battle of Falluja--the entire history of the U.S. Marine Corps comes vividly to life in these lushly illustrated pages. Pore through the comprehensive images of nearly every Marine hero, uniform style, sidearm, saber, weapons platform, recruiting poster, plane, helicopter, boat, and mess kit. Many of the photos were shot recently right at the Historical Center at Quantico, Virginia, and they include rare and never-before-seen artifacts from the Marines' long history. Colonel H. Avery Chenoweth provides fascinating background information and context to compliment the visual journey. --Publisher description.

Subjects

• History
• United States > Marine Corps > History

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 471) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Tribute to John Glenn 13 -- Introduction: A Fighting Force Like No Other 14 -- Chapter 1 Don't Tread on Me: The Birth of the Continental Marines 32 -- Chapter 2 The Nineteenth Century-Fortitudine to Semper Fidelis 46 -- Chapter 3 Thrust onto the World Stage 98 -- Chapter 4 The Second World War: 1941-1945 166 -- Chapter 5 Truman's "Police Action" with the United Nations 278 -- Chapter 6 America's Longest "Hot" War 326 -- Chapter 7 Tumultuous Decades Climax with War 378 -- Chapter 8 The Dawn of a New Millennium 424.

ISBN

1402730993 (hardcover)

LCCN

^^2005016304

OCLC

60650948

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library