In Many a Strife

General Gerald C. Thomas and the U. S. Marine Corps, 1917-1956
Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-68247-297-2
Verlag: Naval Institute Press

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 251 mm, Gewicht: 885 g

This book chronicles the career of the man who helped shape the Marine Corps in the twentieth century by transforming them into a highly effective amphibious assaultforce and Cold War force-in-readiness. Gerald C. Thomas served as a Marine Sergeant and Officer, 1917-1956, to the rank of lieutenant general. He saw combat at BelleauWood, Soissons, Guadalcanal, Bougainville, and in Korea, 1951-1952. He also participated in the creation of the Fleet Marine Force and its preservation in the post-World War II conflicts over defense organization. His service reflects the Marine Corps' transition from a colonial expeditionary force to the Cold War air-ground force in-readiness.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Millett, Allan R

Über Autor(innen)

After thirty-seven years as a professor of history and faculty associate of The Mershon Center for International Security Studies, Allan R. Millett retired in 2005 to become the Ambrose Professor and University Research Professor, the University of New Orleans, and Senior Military Advisor at the National World War II Museum. At Ohio State, he directed sixty-seven doctoral dissertations to completion, a national record in military history. He is the author or co-author of ten books, two of them about the Marine Corps, both of which won prizes from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. In 2008, Millett received the Pritzker Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Military History. An infantry officer in the Marine Corps, he retired as a colonel from the Marine Corps Reserve in 1990.