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The Marine Corps and the State Department : enduring partners in United States foreign policy, 1798-2007 / Leo J. Daugherty III.
- Title
- The Marine Corps and the State Department : enduring partners in United States foreign policy, 1798-2007 / Leo J. Daugherty III.
- Author
- Daugherty, Leo J.
- Publication
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | VE23 .D35 2009 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xi, 395 p. : ill., maps; 26 cm.
- Summary
- "This complete history of the partnership between the Department of State and the U.S. Marine Corps traces the evolving role that Marines have played in conjunction with the Foreign Service"--Provided by publisher.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 375-381) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Origins of a mission, 1798-1900 -- "Our flag's unfurled to every breeze" : Marine legation guards from China to Nicaragua, 1900-1940 -- Ashore and afloat : the Marines and service with the Department of State, 1904-1945 -- A new mission : Marine embassy security guards and the memorandum of agreement, 1946-1954 -- The early years : revolutions, coups, civil wars, 1949-1964 -- Embassy guards at war : Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, 1962-1975 -- Standing watch over a troubled world, 1961-1979 -- Embassies at war and in peace, 1979-1991 -- Coups, non-combatant evacuations, and the War on Terror, 1991-2007 -- Not just fitting in-- but standing out : Marine Security Guard School, 1979-2004 -- "Our Marines" : a retrospective.
- ISBN
- 9780786437962 (softcover : alk. paper)
- 0786437960 (softcover : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2008049097
- OCLC
- 275151693
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library