American Samurai
Subtitle: Myth and Imagination in the Conduct of Battle in the First Marine Division 1941-1951
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: July 25, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 315
ISBN-13: 9780521525923
Subjects: American history: from c 1900 -; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Second World War, 1939-1945; c 1945 to c 1960; United States - 20th Century; History; History - U.S.; History: American; USA; History / United States / 20th Century
First sentence: In light of the power and prestige enjoyed by the Marine Corps at the close of the Second World War, it is sometimes difficult to remember the years of struggle and comparative obscurity that marked its prewar history.