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02534cam a22003738a 4500 001 2A62DA4482AB11DE820800E8A7D7520A 003 SILO 005 20090806125809 008 090114s2009 ncu b 001 0deng 010 $a 2009001325 020 $a 0786433949 (softcover : alk. paper) 020 $a 9780786433940 (softcover : alk. paper) 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d YDX $d CDX $d IWA $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a U261 D38 2009 100 1 $a Daugherty, Leo J. 245 1 $a Pioneers of amphibious warfare, 1898-1945 : $b profiles of fourteen American military strategists / $c Leo J. Daugherty, III. 260 $a Jefferson, N.C. : $b McFarland, $c c2009. 263 $a 0903 300 $a ix, 446 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 26 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "From the 1898 war with Spain through the disastrous 1915 Australian landing to the successful assaults in the Pacific and northwest France during World War II, this chronological history explores the successes and failures pivotal to the concept of amphibious warfare through the lives and careers of fourteen officers instrumental to its development"--Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a pt. 1. The Era of the Advanced Base Force, 1880-1918 -- Colonel Robert W. Huntington, USMC -- Admiral William S. Sims, USN -- Major General George Barnett, USMC -- Major General Eli K. Cole, USMC -- pt. 2. The Interwar Years, 1919-1940 -- Brigadier General Dion Williams, USMC -- Lieutenant Colonel Alfred Austell Cunningham, USMC -- Lieutenant General John A. Lejeune, USMC -- Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, USMC -- Colonel Ellis B. Miller, USMC -- Major General John H. Russell, Jr., USMC -- pt. 3. The War Years, 1941-1945 -- Lieutenant General Pedro del Valle, USMC -- Rear Admiral Walter C. Ansel, USN -- Lieutenant General Arthur G. Trudeau, U.S. Army -- General George S. Patton, Jr., U.S. Army -- Appendix: Amphibious Assault Plans. 650 0 $a Amphibious warfare $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Amphibious warfare $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Strategy $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Strategy $x History $y 20th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Armed Forces $v Biography. 650 0 $a Military planning $z United States $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Military planning $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160824092808.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2A62DA4482AB11DE820800E8A7D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search