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The Birth of the Royal Marines, 1664-1802 /
The book highlights especially the Marines' roles as guards against mutiny and desertion and as an imperial 'rapid reaction force' and provides details of the many and varied actions in which they were involved, worldwide.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Woodbridge :
Boydell & Brewer,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover; Contents; List of Tables; Note on Terms; Preface; Introduction; PART I; 1 What Came Before; 1739 House of Commons Debates; The Structure of Marine Regiments; The Operational Use of Marine Regiments; Conclusion; 2 Administration; 1755 Corps of Marines and Marine Department; The Marine Pay Office; Divisional Structure; Marine Barracks; Naval Sinecure or Marine Command?; 3 Marine Corps Manpower; Recruiting Service; Demography and Social Background; Pay and Subsistence; Desertion and Retention of Marines; PART II; 4 Policing Functions and Mutiny; Policing Duties on Ship
- Policing Duties AshoreMutinies at Sea; Great Mutiny on Land?; 5 Operational Doctrine; Marine Training and Tactics for Sea Combat; Marine Training and Theory for Land Combat; Amphibious Assault: Large- and Small-scale; 6 An Imperial Rapid Reaction Force; Foreign Power Projection; Imperial Power Projection; Conclusion: The Construction of a Marine identity; The Stages towards the Establishment of a Permanent Corps of Royal Marines; Appendices; Command Tree; Chart 1: Marine and Naval Manpower; Chart 2: Percentage of Marines to Voted Strength; Chart 3: Marine Enlistment Years
- Chart 4: Marines' Country of BirthBritish Marine Corps' Timeline; Table A1: Marine Height & Year of Enlistment; Table A2: Age & Year of Enlistment; Select Bibliography; Index; Backcover