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  • Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part Iâ#x80;#x94;An Era of Limited War, 1945â#x80;#x93;1953; 1. An Era of Limited War: The Diplomatic Setting, 1945â#x80;#x93;2015; 2. â#x80;#x9C;A Venerable Korps of Marinesâ#x80;#x9D;: The U.S. Marine Corpsâ#x80;#x99; Training of the Royal Netherland Marine Korps and the Insurgency in the Dutch East Indies, 1945â#x80;#x93;1949; 3. â#x80;#x9C;First Encounterâ#x80;#x9D;: The United States Marines in North China, 1945â#x80;#x93;1948; 4. The U.S. Marine Corps and Small Unit and Special Operations in Korea, 1950â#x80;#x93;1953; Part IIâ#x80;#x94;The Era of Revolutionary Warfare: Laos and Vietnam, 1961â#x80;#x93;1972
  • 5. â#x80;#x9C;Guerrillas in the Midstâ#x80;#x9D;: JFK and the New Frontier of Unconventional Warfare, 1961â#x80;#x93;1963 (Rhonda Smith-Daugherty, Ph. D.)6. â#x80;#x9C;Prelude to Vietnamâ#x80;#x9D;: JFK, Laos and the Landing of the Marines, 1961â#x80;#x93;1962; 7. â#x80;#x9C;Partners in Counterinsurgencyâ#x80;#x9D;: General David M. Shoup, USMC; Lieutenant General Victor H. Krulak, USMC; and President John F. Kennedy, 1961â#x80;#x93;1966; 8. â#x80;#x9C;Between Ethos and Doctrineâ#x80;#x9D;: The Marine Corps and U.S. Army in Vietnam in the Second Indochina War, 1963â#x80;#x93;1975 Christopher Ives, Ph. D.
  • 9. â#x80;#x9C;Airpower in a Counterinsurgency in Vietnamâ#x80;#x9D;: The Marine Air War in Vietnam, 1965â#x80;#x93;1971 (James Ginther, Ph. D.)10. â#x80;#x9C;From the Sea to Battleâ#x80;#x9D;: The Special Landing Forces and Marine Corps Riverine Activities, 1965â#x80;#x93;1972; Part IIIâ#x80;#x94;An Era of Low-Intensity Conflict, 1971â#x80;#x93;2001; 11. The Marine Corps in an Era of Low- Intensity Conflict; 12. Ronald Reagan, the U.S. Marine Corps, and the Pitfalls of Low-Intensity Conflict in Central America in the 1980s (Rhonda L. Smith-Daugherty, Ph. D., and Leo J. Daugherty III, Ph. D.)
  • Part IVâ#x80;#x94;An Era of Persistent Warfare and a Global War on Terror, 2001â#x80;#x93;201613. â#x80;#x9C;Swift, Deadly, and Silentâ#x80;#x9D;: The Marine Corps and a Global War on Terror, 2001â#x80;#x93;2016; 14. â#x80;#x9C;Any Time â#x80;Œ Any Placeâ#x80;#x9D;: Marine Fleet Anti-Terrorist Security Teams and Combat Crisis Response Forces, 1998â#x80;#x93;2016; 15. â#x80;#x9C;The Real Dogs of Warâ#x80;#x9D;: Canine â#x80;#x9C;Soldiersâ#x80;#x9D; and the War on Terror, 2001â#x80;#x93;2014 (Rhonda L. Smith-Daugherty, Ph. D.); 16. â#x80;#x9C;An Expeditionary Force in Readinessâ#x80;#x9D; in an Era of Limited War, 1945â#x80;#x93;2016: A Summary
  • Appendix A: Major Armed Clashes Between the U.S. Marines and the Chinese Communists, October 1945â#x80;#x93;May 1947Appendix B: Mao Zedongâ#x80;#x99;s Ten-Point Path to Conquest in Guerrilla Wars, December 25, 1947; Appendix C: A Chronology of the Special Landing Force in Vietnam, 1965â#x80;#x93;1969; Appendix D: The Sandinista Counterinsurgency Forces, 1979â#x80;#x93;1989; Appendix E: Deployment of the Fleet Marine Forces, 1948â#x80;#x93;2012; Appendix F: The Missions of the Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable); Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index