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Biplanes at War : US Marine Corps Aviation in the Small Wars Era, 1915-1934 /
This work provides an in-depth exploration of the experience of the US Marine Corps during the so-called small wars era, 1915-1934, with an emphasis on the marines' employment of aviation. The introduction gives a brief history of the Marine Corps up to World War I, an explanation of small wars...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lexington, Kentucky :
University Press of Kentucky,
2019.
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This work provides an in-depth exploration of the experience of the US Marine Corps during the so-called small wars era, 1915-1934, with an emphasis on the marines' employment of aviation. The introduction gives a brief history of the Marine Corps up to World War I, an explanation of small wars as a concept, and terms and definitions. The chapters are chronological, addressing the origins of Marine Corps aviation prior to and during American involvement in World War I and the Marine Corps' interventions in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, northern China, and Nicaragua. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (440 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780813177069 |