Published in conjunction with the Marine Corps Association, this is the chronology of the 225-year-old elite fighting force. Building on official Marine Corps chronologies, this book presents... This description may be from another edition of this product.
I loved it. USMC is the ultimate Marine coffee table book for Marines, Marine Corps historians, and Marine Corps buffs. It can be used as a tool to settle arguments or--when the recalcitrant refuse to be convinced--as a formidable weapon!
More a coffe table reference
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Don't buy this book expecting the definitive history of the United States Marine corps. Think of it more as reference book. Every single significant event that a date can be attributed to is listed, in that sense the book is great. But it does not give the reader a true sense of "Esprit de Corps"
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