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Whatever else Marines may be—the est fighting force in the world and nation” or, in words of a former President and
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arines in the Revolution: History of the °ntinental Marines in the ^erican Revolution, 1775-1783
paries R. Smith (Illustrated by Major arles H. Waterhouse, U. S. Marine 0rps Reserve). Washington, D.C.:
■story and Museums Division,
'adquarters, U. S. Marine Corps (U. S. °vernment Printing Office), 1975. 491 pP- Ulus. |20.30.
eviewed by C. F. Burgess
^ Burgess, retired Marine Resene yCer<'s a Professor of English at The *r&'n'a Military Institute. He is the author r editor of three books, including the ^thcoming, The Fellowship of the Craft, a ^ y °f the sea tales of Joseph Conrad, and e has written numerous articles and essays.)
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^■artilleryman, "the Navy’s police force l lessed with] a propaganda machine 1 at is almost equal to Stalin’s”—they are unabashed traditionalists. They take ^ordinate pride in the history and tra- diti hi: conjuring up the hallowed date, 10 0vember 1775, and Tun Tavern, and ^ttiuel Nicholas, Esquire, Captain of Marines.
And yet, for all his sense of tradition, he average Marine’s (and, indeed, the average American’s) knowledge of the 0rps’ beginnings is markedly limited arM generally goes no farther than the allowed date, Tun Tavern, and Sam 'ucholas. This limited knowledge is not |Utprising since, as Brigadier General E. **• Simmons, U. S. Marine Corps, notes in the foreword, "Historians, past and present, all too often neglect completely the maritime history of the American Revolution or they pass over it with superficial attention.” With Charles R. Smith’s Marines in the Revolution, the years of neglect and superficial treatment come to an end. Smith has written the definitive history of the origins of the Marine Corps. He recounts Marines fulfilling, from the very beginning, their traditional role of fighting their country’s battles on the land as on the sea.
Marines in the Revolution begins with Smith’s compelling account of the Corps’ first operation, an operation that serves as a paradigm for so many Marine engagements to come. In the early morning hours of Sunday, 3 March 1776, the fledgling Continental Fleet was stationed three leagues north of
New Providence Island, in the Bahamas. On three ships, companies of Marines were poised to make the Corps’ first amphibious landing. Their mission was to capture British supplies and equipment at Forts Montagu and Nassau. Only the vagaries of an adverse breeze prevented the landing on New Providence Island from being a textbook example of a Marine operation—a surprise frontal assault. The element of surprise was lost when all the ships of the fleet, instead of just the three assault ships, closed too close to shore. Nevertheless, the objectives of the mission were achieved. One wonders if there are not grounds for enlarging the Corps’ lore and legend, adding New Providence Island to the list in the Marine’s pantheon and giving it equal status with Tripoli, Chapultepec, Belleau Wood,
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There are many other little-known episodes of Marines in the Revolution which are detailed by Smith and which make important additions to a true appreciation of the Marine Corps’ history. We are reminded, for example, that there were Marines at the battle of Princeton; Marines manned the fighting tops of the Bonhomme Richard during her spectacular engagement with the Serapis off Flamborough Head; Marines made a brave, but ill-conceived, landing in Penobscot Bay, a misadventure that put the Corps’ specialty, amphibious operations, under a cloud of suspicion for the next half-century; and that the Corps’ second cousins, the virtually forgotten State and Privateer Marines, acquitted themselves well in operations on the inland waterways.
Smith also provides appealing footnotes to the Corps’ lore and legend. There is, for example, Captain Hector McNeill of the Continental frigate Boston, who felt that three Marine officers on board ship were at least two too many and complained, "they [Marine officers] have Little or no duty to do, are always in the way and apt to disagree with the Sea officers so that it takes much trouble to manage them, . . .” Then there is the lieutenant of Marines with the unlikely name, Panatiere de la Falconniere (a Frenchman from the
West Indies), who was accused of conduct unbecoming an officer by his fellow officers, in part because he had "Begged a large Jug of Wine of the Capt.” of a passing French ship.
Marines in the Revolution is a sound, scholarly book augmented and enhanced by several appendices comprising notes, bibliography, the texts of diaries and journals of several early Marine officers, "Continental Marine Muster, Pay, and Prize Rolls,” and detailed biographies of all known Continental Marine Officers, the latter compiled by Richard A. Long. The book’s lavish illustrations, some 94 in all, and chief among these, superb color reproductions of 14 original paintings by Major Charles H. Waterhouse, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve, make this history complete.
Unlike so many scholarly books, however, Marines in the Revolution is eminently readable. Smith’s sentences are lucid, straightforward, uncluttered and devoid of jargon. This talent for facile and clear expression is so rare among scholars that it is a cause for rejoicing when it is encountered and particularly gratifying to the reviewer (ex-Marine turned professor of English). Marines in the Revolution is scholarship without tears.
This book, like many other fine books, does have some faults. The most glaring is that the text is marred by
occasional typographical errors or m*5 prints which could have been picked up by careful proofreading. Such errors are especially culpable when they ocCUl within quotes, as they sometimes do ,n Marines in the Revolution.
But, these are small matters. Ah0' gether, Marines in the Revolution is a fine book, one for Marines of every vlj1 tage—for the leathernecks of wot War I and the Central American excur sions, for the gyrenes of World War and Korea, and for the jarheads of c Vietnam conflict. It is also a book 0
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it. In fact, in itself, Marines in the Revo^u^ tion is a fine present to the nation al1 to the Corps on the occasion of the‘r 200th birthdays.
The United States Marines
Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons,
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve. Washingt°n’ Leo Cooper Ltd., 1974. 184 pp. Illus. £3.95. (A volume in the Famous Regiments series edited by Lieutenant General Sir Brian Horrocks.)
Progress and Purpose:
A Developmental History of the United States Marine Corps 1900-1970
Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth J. Clifford,
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve. Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps (U. S. Government Printing Office), 1974.
156 pp. Illus. $1.75 (paper).
.Reviewed by Louis Morton
(Dr. Morton, formerly Deputy Chief Historian of the Army, is a Daniel Webster Professor and Professor of History at Dartmouth College. A specialist in military history and author of a number of works tn that field, he is general editor of a 21-volutt>e series, titled Wars and Military Institutions of the United States, now being published■)
"Appropriately,” reads the jacket blurb of General Simmons’ slim volume, "the United States Marine first American formation tc in the [British] Famous Regiments Series.” The U. S. Marines have scored
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L^°°d many ^rsts ^ut why this particu- ar first is 'appropriate’ remains a mys- rY- No other reason is offered than the act that the U. S. Marine Corps is one . he most famous fighting formations n fhe world. Presumably that qualifies j a P^ace among the Famous Regiments, espite the fact that it is larger than the ^htire British Army. Its inclusion in the ritish series is even more remarkable en one recalls that the Marine Corps j tes 'ts origins, if not its official birth- ay> from the action of the Second Con- hnental Congress on 10 November 1775 Cresting "two Battalions of Marines . . .
serve to advantage by sea when re- fu>red. ... for and during the present ar between Great Britain and the colonies- ■ . .” But perhaps we ought not to inquire too closely, for whatever the rtason the result is a succinct and read- a ie account of the 200 years of the arine Corps.
"fhe format and scope of this volume Was» in a sense, set by the series in which I aPpears. It was not intended to be a , r8e and scholarly work but rather a . and popular account directed at a "'‘fie audience. It succeeds admirably in acfiieving this aim. It is factual and, espite its brevity, relatively complete, nough the emphasis generally is on °Perations, it does not overlook other ‘important events or the rich traditions °f cbe Corps. The illustrations are nu- ^er°us and well-chosen, but the author 0r publisher) has chosen not to include maPs or sketches—an unfortunate deci- *l°n. For a volume that is so largely evoted to military operations, the ab- Ser>ce of maps is a real weakness. The Usefulness of the volume is further lim- lted by the omission of an index; even a straightforward index of names would
have been helpful. There are no footnotes either, but in a work of this kind they are not really needed. However, the author has included a three-page bibliographical note which provides a useful guide to those who wish to dig deeper into the history of the Corps.
The emphasis of the volume is on the 20th century. The origins of the Corps and its early history are treated in a comparatively few pages. The 19th century is covered in less than 50 pages while at least half the volume is devoted to the period from 1941 to 1972. As much space is devoted to the 25 years since the end of World War II as to the entire 19th century. For the reader interested in the early history of the Corps when its distinctive style, its spirit, and many of its rich traditions were shaped, this emphasis leaves something to be desired.
Colonel Clifford’s Progress and Purpose is entirely different in scope and treatment from General Simmons’ work. It is detailed, scholarly, and concerned almost exclusively with the matters of doctrine and tactics rather than combat operations. Prepared under official auspices, it is based largely on official records and documents: the papers of General John A. Lejeune at the Library of Congress and Marine Corps Museum; those records of the Navy General Board pertaining to the Marine Corps; the Historical Amphibious File at the Breckinridge Library, Quantico; and the records of the Marine Corps at the National Archives. The study is fully documented, has a number of very useful tables, charts, maps, and appendices, and is profusely illustrated. It is organized on a chronological basis, a "Background” chapter covering the period
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1900 to 1920, with each succeeding chapter covering a decade. It is a neat organization, but there does not seem to be any particular logic to dividing this 70 years of Marine Corps history into 10 year slices.
Colonel Clifford traces in detail the role of the Marine Corps in the development of amphibious warfare before World War II and more recently of vertical envelopment and the use of helicopters. Much of the story is not new; P. A. Crowl and J. A. Isely dealt with it in The U. S. Marines and Amphibious War (Princeton, 1951), as did Colonel R. D. Heinl in Soldiers of the Sea (U. S. Naval Institute, 1962), but Clifford tells it in somewhat more detail than either and utilizes sources not used before. His account is particularly complete on the role played by the Marine Corps Schools during the early years in the development of the first manual on landing operations and on the relationship between doctrine and hardware, such as weapons and the vehicles (landing craft and helicopters) required for landings.
These two studies of the Marine Corps complement each other, though directed toward different audiences. For the naval officer, Colonel Clifford’s study may be the more instructive, but General Simmons’ brief history lightens the way for all.
Editor’s Note: An expanded version of General Simmons’ history is scheduledfor publication in February 1976 by Viking Press, Inc. Entitled The United States Marines, 1775-1975, it will include maps and an index.
The Years of MacArthur, Volume II, 1941-1945
D. Clayton James. Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1975.
939 pp. Illus. $15.00.
Reviewed by Alfred M. Beck
(Mr. Beck is an historian with the U. S. Army’s Center of Military History, Washington, D.C.)
In an originally scheduled two-volume biography now expanded to three, this second volume takes its subject through the Pacific War from the
ill-fated defense of Bataan to the Japanese surrender on board the USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay. The book continues the excellent scholarship and presentation so evident in the first volume and is a corrective for the number of panegyrics produced by MacArthur’s disciples on the one hand and for the criticism and occasional slander by his detractors on the other.
Unavoidably a compendium of military command networks, problems, and martial events in General MacArthur’s Allied Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA) theater, this account relies heavily on the American and Australian official histories, which James finds commend- ably done. He has a pronounced gift for summarizing the strategic significance, or the lack of it, of each of the bold strokes in MacArthur’s command. In dealing with the great and bitter rivalry that brewed throughout the war between MacArthur and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, the Pacific Ocean area theater commander, over the division of logistic support and the strategic direction of the war, James gives no sustenance to proponents of either side of the argument. He hardly strays from the current conventional wisdom that the two theaters were mutually supportive and points out faulty doctrinal applications and needless casualties in both jurisdictions. He further scotches MacArthur’s early wartime claims that he was being starved of logistics and manpower by comparing the SWPA troop count with a lower one in Eisenhower’s European theater, which supposedly had a higher priority under the Allies’ "Germany first” strategy. If he underscores MacArthur’s admitted foresight in the generally less bloody SWPA operations, James also alludes to MacArthur’s limited understanding of broad naval strategy even while he effectively employed Vice Admiral Daniel E. Barbey’s amphibious forces and Army engineer special brigades. He cites with effect one naval officer’s observation that MacArthur’s Army mentality saw water only as a barrier, while the Navy saw it as a highway.
But even in covering each island action and the ramifications of theater commands unified only at the remote Joint Chiefs of Staff level, James did not set out to write a military history as such. He has produced an admirable study of the complex and basically impenetrable MacArthur personality as a commander. A man convinced that some goddess of Destiny rode his shoulder, the SWPA theater head was imperious, publicity-seeking, and given to his subordinates, especially the "Bataan
Gang” that stayed with his staff throug the war. That some of MacArthur’s sty e rubbed off on these lesser men was meV itable, and James wastes little sympat v on the egregiously tactless Lieutenan' General Richard K. Sutherland, 1 e SWPA chief of staff. In a theater that relied heavily on Australian manpo'vef and never outgrew its dependence Australian provisions—fully 95$ 0 SWPA’s rations came from Do'vn Under—MacArthur gave little credit to Australian troops operating in abysm conditions in Papua, and blithely cast' gated Australian senior officers. Meam to advertise his theater’s accompli ments with supposedly meager supp1/’ MacArthur’s bombastic communiqueS were too frequently premature in Pr0 claiming specific areas secure.
The book sorts out the circumstances surrounding MacArthur’s dalliance v.'1' a Republican draft for the 1944 preS1 dential campaign in critical fashion, but mitigates the cruel "Dugout Doug legend, current after the Bataan disaster, that MacArthur had cowered in Cor regidor’s Malinta Tunnel in luxury while Bataan’s defenders slowly starve • Likewise, James diminishes the story o a SWPA forward headquarters at Ho landia so palatial as to be rumored as the "White House of the Southwest Pacific.” An inspiring leader, MacArthur yet aroused hatreds among his troops, but, for example, none more than among the men of the 1st Marine D'v^ sion, whom he unwittingly consigne to a malaria-infested bivouac in Australia after their relief on disease-ridden Guadalcanal. His vainglory was such that James notes the probability that in those famous photos of the general wading shoreward in the Leyte surf, his grim f determined visage does not reflect the presence of the goddess who had helper him fulfill his promise to return to that soil, but was borne of the knowledge that he was getting his newly starche uniform sopping wet from the knees down. ,
Through well-selected anecdotes an his own balanced insight, suppose with a lucid style, James has reveale much of the character of a man at once so petty and so sublime that the myth5 clinging to his name still rival the laU' rels attached to his military accomplishments.
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® Intruder in Action
p^endel. Warren, Mich.: Squadron/Signal Rations, 1975. 50 pp. Illus. $3.95 (paper).
tr^s handsomely illustrated pictorial pays ute to the Grumman A-6 Intruder, the y. Ahorse of naval attack aviation in the ^ctnam War, and its variations. The text tUres a personal narrative by Commander °nald V. Boecker, U. S. Navy, of his expellees as an A-6 pilot on board the USS '‘dependence (CVA-62) on Yankee Station.
Ue Skies and Blood:
e Battle of the Coral Sea
j P- Hoyt. New York: Paul S. Eriksson, nc-, 1975. 217 pp. Illus. $10.00.
Battle of the Coral Sea, fought in May p. > was notable in at least two respects.
. lrst> it was the first strictly carrier action ? history; second, it was the first check to * aPparently irresistible offensive with ^ ‘ch Japan opened World War II. Tacti- . y a tossup, it represented a major strategic ‘«ory for the U. S. Navy because it com. ed the Japanese to abort the planned ^Jasion of southeastern New Guinea.
Wln P. Hoyt utilized official records, Japa- n^se as well as American, in the Department 0f Naval History to reconstruct this fast- ^Ced account of the action. The book’s rec-page introduction is written by Rear Admiral E. M. Eller, U. S. Navy (Retired).
hfench Warships of World War I
■J^ai Labayle-Couhat. London: Ian Allen Ltd.,
304 pp. Illus. $10.00.
^he role of the French Navy in World War I Js relatively little known in English-speaking ands. Concentrated in the Mediterranean, its activities lacked the high drama of the nglo-German confrontation in the North ea; but its operations were nonetheless e5ttensive. Every vessel which served in, or ''’as laid down for, the "armee navale” during c conflict is described in this profusely hstrated volume, which also contains notes °n their operations, weapons, and equip- ttlent.
HMAS Parramatta Memorial,
British Pacific Fleet Memorial,
The Foundation of the Sea
Lew Lind. Sydney, Australia: A.C.T. Chapter, Naval Historical Society of Australia, 1974.
9 pp. Illus. $1.00 (paper).
The Naval Historical Society of Australia has recently engaged in three major projects. The first is the establishment of a memorial to HMAS Parramatta, the first ship built for the Royal Australian Navy, a 700-ton torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1910. When completed, this memorial will include the bow and stern sections of the ship, which grounded in a storm on her way to the breakers in 1935. The second project was the construction of a memorial to the British Pacific Fleet of 1944-1945. The third, not wholly a society project, calls for the creation of a Foundation of the Sea to establish a naval and maritime historical complex centering around the aircraft carrier HMAS Sydney.
Kriegfiihrung zur See in ihren wichtigsten Epochen
Vice Admiral Ludwig von Henk, Imperial German Navy. Graz, Austria: Akademische Druck-u. Verlags-Anstalt. 1975. 373 pp. Illus. $20.00.
The author of this work, first published in Berlin in 1881, served with distinction in both the Royal Prussian and Imperial German navies. Born in 1820, he went to sea at age 15, commanded an armored frigate in the Franco-Prussian War, and retired as director of construction at the German Admiralty. Published before the combined efforts of Admiral Tirpitz and Kaiser Wilhelm II, incidentally abetted by Mahan, had turned Germany’s eyes toward the sea, Admiral Henk wrote with the idea of performing a service "especially to my younger comrades in the navy when I utilize English, French, and other sources to describe at least the most important epochs of naval warfare in our mother tongue.” Despite its inevitable dated flavor and a number of factual errors, particularly in its second half, the book contains a good deal of information crowded out of subsequent surveys by the events of the two world wars. The present publication is a photo-offset facsimile of the original edition.
Les Navires de Guerre Franjais de 1850 a nos Jours
Francis Dousset. Brest, France: Editions de la Cite, 1975. 367 pp. Illus. $48.00.
The evolution of French warships from the introduction of steam power to the present is traced in this superb pictorial. Many of the 695 photographs, clearly reproduced on high quality paper, are published for the first time. The text describes the history of the ten classes of ships into which the work is divided. Dousset, from whose personal collection most of the illustrations were taken, is an officer in the French naval reserve. There is a preface by Jacques Mordal.
Pearl Harbor Attack:
An Abbreviated History
Lieutenant Commander Arnold S. Lott, U. S. Navy (Retired), and Robert F. Sumrall, HTC,
U. S. Naval Reserve. Pompton Lakes, N.J.: Leeward, 1974. 32 pp. Illus. $2.50 (paper).
The "day of infamy” is concisely recounted in this well-illustrated booklet. A notable feature is a double-page map showing the exact location of all U. S. Navy vessels in Pearl Harbor at the time of the attack. The
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Picture Book of the Revolution’s Privateers
C. Keith Wilbur. Harrisburg, Pa.: Stackpole Books, 1973. 96 pp. Illus. $5.95.
This is not an operational history of American privateers in the Revolutionary War, but a nuts-and-bolts study of the privateers themselves: how they were built and
equipped, what articles their crews carried on board, and how everything worked. The text is profusely illustrated by pen-and-ink drawings by the author.
Sails to Atoms: From Seaman to Admiral
Rear Admiral George Washington Allen, U. S. Navy (Retired). Philadelphia, Pa.: Dotrance, 1975. 169 pp. Illus. $5.95.
Admiral Allen enlisted in the Navy in 1908 and was commissioned during World War I. During World War II he served in both the Atlantic and Pacific, commanding the minesweeper squadron which cleared the channel to Utah Beach on D-Day and another sweeper squadron in the "kamikaze” screen off Okinawa. This and other highlights of his 39-year career are related in this unassuming autobiography.
S To Use the Sea (Supplement 1975): Readings in Seapower and Maritime Affairs
Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1975.
160 pp. Illus. $3.00 ($2.40).
A selection of articles originally appearing in the Proceedings, Naval Review, and Naval War College Review, this publication presents a cross section of recent views on sea power and maritime affairs. It is designed for use in conjunction with the articles collected in the 1973 Institute publication To Use the Sea. Contributors include Vice Admiral Stansfield Turner, U. S. Navy, General Robert Cushman, U. S. Marine Corps (Retired), Admiral Edward Wegener, Federal German Navy (Retired), and Norman Polmar.
United States Navy Warship Camouflage 1939-1945
Chris Ellis. Henley-on Thames, England: Pique, 1975. 52 pp. Illus. $3.95 (paper).
The camouflage and color schemes of all types of World War II U. S. Navy warships are described and illustrated with photographs and line drawings in this well- researched monograph.
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American Nautical Art and Antiques
Jacqueline L. Kranz. New York: Crown, 1975. 248 pp. Illus. $10.95.
The fascinating field of American nautical art and antiques is introduced by a knowledgeable collector. Topics covered include model ships and carvings, scrimshaw, china, nautical instruments and furniture, ship artifacts, paintings, and prints. The text is complemented by over 300 useful illustrations.
Beginner’s Book of Sailing
Gunther Grell (Translated and adapted by Barbara Webb). Chicago: Henry Regnery, 1975. 120 pp. Illus. $8.95 ($3.95 for paper).
This is an adaptation of a how-to book first published in Germany under the title Heut’ Geht es an Bord in 1968.
Drake’s Island of Thieves:
Ethnological Sleuthing
William A. Lessa. Honolulu, Ha.: The University of Hawaii, 1975. 289 pp. Illus.
$12.00.
Most detective stories are whodunits; this is a wherewuzit. The mystery is the location of Sir Francis Drake’s "Island of Thieves,” where the Golden Hinde made her first landfall after leaving the coast of California on Drake’s voyage of circumnavigation. After a detailed examination of the ethnological clues left by the expedition’s chroniclers Dr. Lessa, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of California at Los Angeles, concludes that Drake’s island was most likely Palau.
The Iron Ship: The History and Significance of Brunei’s Great Britain Ewan Corlett. New York: Arco, 1975. 253 pp. Illus. $29.95.
Launched in 1843, the creation of engineering genius Isambard Kingdom Brunei, the Great Britain was the first all-metal, screw- driven steamship. Her revolutionary design and size (twice the tonnage of any previous ship) signified a complete break with the traditional limitations of timber construction. Dr. Corlett, a naval architect, was instrumental in organizing the salvage operation which brought her back across the Atlantic from the Falkland Islands, where she had been grounded in 1936, to Bristol, where she was launched and is currently being restored.
Marine Carving Handbook
Jay S. Hanna. Camden, Me.: International Marine Publishing Company, 1975. 92 pp. Illus. $6.95.
The ancient and honorable art of marine
carving is described do-it-yourself style ) master craftsman. Though distinctly dec°r3^ five, the carvings treated are confine types which can actually be used: billethea > trailboards, quarterboards, and stern decora tions.
Skiffs and Schooners
R. D. Culler. Camden, Me.: International Marine Publishing Company, 1974. 199 PP- Illus. $15.00.
A lifetime of practical experience provide the basis for this well-illustrated discuss^ of the design, construction, and rigg'n8 skiffs and schooners.
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Aircraft in Profile: Volume 14
Charles W. Cain (Editor). Garden City, NV-- Doubleday, 1975. 160 pp. Illus. $11.95.
The newest addition to this noted series maintains the high standards for which 1 is known. Among the six aircraft treate the present volume are three Navy the Vought-Sikorsky Kingfisher of War II, the durable Douglas R4D and itS variants, and the Grumman A-6 family-
Civil War Marine: A Diary of The Red River Expedition, 1864
James P. Jones and Edward F. Keuchel (Editors). Washington, D.C.: History and Museums Division Headquarters, U. S. Marine Corps, 1975 (Government Printing Office). pp. Illus. $1.65 (paper).
Personal narratives of the Civil War by members of the U. S. Marine Corps are rare- Their number is augmented by the public3 tion of Lieutenant Frank L. Church’s re cently discovered diary of the ill-fated ke River Expedition (1864). Commissioner into the Corps at age 20 in July ' Church served in the expedition as com mander of the Marine guard on Adrmr David Dixon Porter’s two successive fl38 ships, the USS Black Hawk and the Cricket. In addition to annotating the diary the editors have provided a fine histories introduction to the Red River Expediti011 and a biographical sketch of diarist Church
Creating a Legend: The Complete Record of Writing about the United States Marine Corps
Captain John B. Moran, U. S. Marine Corps Reserve (Retired). Chicago, 111.:
Moran/Andrews, 1973. 681 pp. $14.95.
Since its beginnings in 1775, the Marine Corps has been the subject of over books and 6,500 articles. This annotate bibliography is arranged by subject, with 30 index of authors. Works of fiction, movies- plays, and youth writings are included. The
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and Responsibility in Warfare: p e Vietnam Experience
Th" Trooboff (Editor). Chapel Hill, N.C.: ^versity of North Carolina Press, 1975.
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contributors to this study debate the o®a lssues raised by the American conduct , ihe Vietnam War. The work is divided and* t*lrCC Parts- The first considers the legal moral questions involved in employing 8 -technology weapons in counterinsur- la^h^’ secontE whether the use of chrymatories, napalm, and herbicides is ^ tbited by international law; and lastly, ‘•responsibility under international law of "nduals holding positions of command.
eatballs and Dead Birds
Dead Birds” which are the subject of s large-format pictorial. As communications officer of a squadron of the 49th ‘Shter Group, the author reached Japan in !me to take the 120 photographs reproved here of grounded planes of the Japa- Vse Air Force just before their destruction y American occupation forces. In addition che familiar Zeroes, Vais, Kates, etc., a ftumber of little-known, late-war planes, !Vh as the "Radial Tony” (Kawasaki ‘TOO) fighter and the Nakajima Ki-115
Tsurugi suicide special, are pictured. The accompanying text is based on notes Mr. Gallagher made at the time.
Revolutionary Warfare in the Middle East: The Israelis vs.
The Fedayeen
Major Bard O’Neill, U. S. Air Force. Boulder, Col.: Paladin Press, 1974. 140 pp. $5.95.
The Palestine guerrilla movement (fedayeen), founded in 1965, became an important factor in Middle Eastern politics following the June 1967 Six-Day War. This study, introduced by General S.L.A. Marshall, analyzes Israeli counterinsurgency operations in the period 1967-1971. Dr. O’Neill is associate professor of political science at the U. S. Air Force Academy.
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Strategic Survey 1974
London: The International Institute for Strategic Studies, 1975. 110 pp. Illus. $3.00 (paper).
Developments of strategic significance throughout the world in the past year are reviewed in this prestigious British annual. The best way to indicate the scope of its contents may be to list the sections in which they are organized. These are: Perspectives (a general overview); The Economic Crisis and Security; New Factors in International Security (nuclear proliferation, new technologies, etc.); The Super Powers and Detente; Conflict (South Africa, Cyprus, Southeast Asia, Kurdistan, and elsewhere); Arms Control; and seven regional chronologies.
Thunder over the Mediterranean
Frank Gervasi. New York: David McKay, 1975. 528 pp. $12.95.
Over the past 175 years the involvement of foreign powers—Great Britain, Germany, Italy, the United States, and, most recently, the Soviet Union—have made the eastern Mediterranean and the lands along its southern shores a storm center of international affairs. The changing relationships between the major powers and their interaction with local forces during that period are the subject of this regional history. Mr. Gervasi is an American journalist personally familiar with the area.
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The Death of Stalin
Georges Bortoli (Translated by Raymond Rosenthal). New York: Praeger, 1975. 214 pp. Illus. $8.95.
The last days of the Soviet dictator, the circumstances of life in the society he had created, and the aftermath of his demise are described by a French journalist.
The Struggle for Cyprus
Charles Foley and W. I. Scobie. Stanford, Calif.: Hoover Institution Press, Stanford, California, 1975. 193 pp. Illus. $7.95.
The turbulent history of Cyprus, from the revolt against Britain in 1955 to the Turkish invasion of 1974, is told by two British journalists, former residents of the island, personally acquainted with Archbishop Makarios, General Grivas, and other leading figures involved.
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