The Greatest of All Leathernecks : John Archer Lejeune and the Making of the Modern Marine Corps

Joseph Arthur Simon's The Greatest of All Leathernecks is the first comprehensive biography of John Archer Lejeune (1867'1942), a Louisiana native and the most innovative and influential leader of the United States Marine Corps in the twentieth century. As commandant of the Marine Corps fr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Simon, Joseph Arthur, 1939-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : LSU Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Lejeune, John Archer, > 1867-1942.
United States. > Marine Corps.
États-Unis. > Marine Corps > Biographies.
United States. > Marine Corps > Biography.
Military campaigns.
Generals.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Military.
Generaux > États-Unis > Biographies.
Guerre mondiale, 1914-1918 > Campagnes et batailles > France.
Generals > United States > Biography.
World War, 1914-1918 > Campaigns > France.
United States.
France.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Contents; Illustrations; Preface & Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Early Years in Louisiana; 2 A Naval Cadet; 3 Junior Officer Years, 1890-1900; 4 Building a Reputation, 1900-1910; 5 Expeditions and the Advanced Base Force, 1910-1917; 6 Lejeune, The Marine Corps, and World War I; 7 War Plan Orange: The Marine Corps at a Crossroads, 1919-1920; 8 Reinvigoration of the Marine Corps; 9 The Development of Amphibious Assault, 1920-1929; 10 Lejeune's Legacy: The Marine Corps of the 1930s; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

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