“Bartlett and Sweetman have produced a consummate blend of writ-ten and visual history that will please Marines and thrill their families and friends. It will no doubt become a gift of choice and is worth every penny. Leathernecks is a winner.” —Col. Allan R. Millet, USMCR (Ret.), author of In Many a Strife: General Gerald C. Thomas and the U.S ...
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Leathernecks
An Illustrated History of the United States Marine Corps
Available Formats: Softcover
The New Cunard Queens
"Queen Elizabeth 2, Queen Mary 2, Queen Victoria"
Available for sale only in the U.S. and Canada. Exceptions made for USNI Members.
A lavish tribute to the world's bestknown shipping line, this beautifully illustrated book takes an intriguing look at three famous cruise liners: the legendary Queen Elizabeth 2, which, when launched in 1967, was considered the last of the great ocean liners; Queen Mary, which ...
Available Formats: Hardcover
Tip of the Spear
U.S. Marine Light Armor in the Gulf War
Selected for the Marine Commandant's Reading List when first published in hardcover, this book offers a vivid, firsthand account of Operation Desert Storm during the Gulf War. A U.S. Marine sergeant in Alpha Company of the 1st Light Armored Vehicle Battalion (LAV), Michaels provides a revealing look at what it was like to endure and prevail in ground combat at ...
Available Formats: Softcover
"Handbook for Marine NCOs, 5th Edition"
First introduced in 1979, the Handbook for Marine NCOs is recognized as the essential reference guide of the NCO corps. Marine NCOs of all grades rely on its reliability as the standard reference guide for the military professional. While this thoroughly revised 5th edition reflects all of the many changes in the organization of the corps since the publication of ...
Available Formats: Hardcover
Why Vietnam Matters
An Eyewitness Account of Lessons Not Learned
“Phillips’s short chapter on lessons the U.S. should have learned from the Vietnam War should be mandatory reading in Washington, D.C.” — Publishers Weekly
“It is, among other things, a wonderful read, full of detail and drama.” —George Packer, The New Yorker
Rufus Phillips offers an extraordinary inside history of the most critical years of American involvement in Vietnam ...
Available Formats: Softcover