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Summary:

"The Marine Corps covered itself in glory in World War Two with victories over the Japanese at Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Iwo Jima, and elsewhere. Despite its success, the Corps' high-ranking combat commanders remain virtually unknown to both historians and the general public. Stephen R. Taaffe explains that marine division and corps chiefs played a vital role in organizing, training, and leading their units in the American counteroffensive across the Pacific. Marine combat generals had to overcome both bureaucratic obstacles and enemy opposition to fulfill their amphibious missions"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Semper Fi: An Anomalous Organization in Search of a Mission
• Waging War in the Most Remote Place on Earth: The Pacific Theater
• Central Pacific Offensive
• Closing in on Japan
• Conclusion, Gaining and Losing Combat Command.

Author/Creator:

Taaffe, Stephen R. , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Commanding the Pacific: Marine Corps generals in World War II [by Taaffe, S.R.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Commanding the Pacific [by Taaffe, S.R.] (Annapolis, Maryland : Naval Institute Press, 2021 — ISBN 9781682477083; LCCN 2021012742)

Subjects:

United States Marine Corps — History — World War, 1939-1945

United States Marine Corps — Officers — Biography

Command of troops

Generals — United States — Biography

Leadership

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

D769.369 .T334 2021eb

ISBNs:

9781682477090 (pdf)
1682477096
9781682477090 (epub)
9781682477083 (hardcover) [Invalid]

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2021012743

OCLC Numbers:

1243906269

Other Control Numbers:

2988196 (source: EbpS)
[Unknown Type]: ybp302394186