Maverick Marine : General Smedley D. Butler and the contradictions of American military history /

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Smedley Butler's life and career epitomize the contradictory nature of American military policy through the first part of this century. Butler won renown as a Marine battlefield hero, campaigning in most of America's foreign military expeditions from 1898 to the late 1920s. He became the l...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Schmidt, Hans (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Lexington, Kentucky] : The University Press of Kentucky, 1998.
Temas:
Butler, Smedley D. > (Smedley Darlington), > 1881-1940.
United States. > Marine Corps > Biography.
États-Unis. > Marine Corps > Biographies.
United States. > Marine Corps.
Generals > United States > Biography.
Généraux > États-Unis > Biographies.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Marine & Naval.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Military Science.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Military.
Generals.
United States.
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Maverick Marine; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 The Boy Officer: Cuba, the Philippines; 3 The Teenage Hero: China; 4 Knight Errant: Honduras, Panama, the Philippines; 5 The American Kitchener: Nicaragua; 6 The Spy: Panama, Mexico; 7 The Haitian General; 8 General Duckboard: France; 9 The Barnett Putsch: Marine Corps Politics; 10 Pep and Pride: Quantico; 11 Smashing Crime and Vice: Philadelphia; 12 Devil Dog and Demon Rum: San Diego; 13 The Marines Who Wouldn't Fight: China; 14 To Hell with the Admirals: Washington; Illustrations.
  • 15 Renegade Marine: America in the 1930s16 Epilogue; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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