David Ulbrich: 3 books
Preparing for Victory
Thomas Holcomb and the Making of the Modern Marine Corps, 1936-1943
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
This is the first book to examine Thomas Holcomb s crucial role as commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps during the Great Depression and World War II. It blends biographical, institutional, and operational history with leadership studies, organizational theory, and social and cultural history to explain...
by Rebecca Robbins Raines, Steven C. Call, Stephen Houseknecht
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2019
Before 1940, the Japanese empire stood as the greatest single threat to the American presence in the Pacific and East Asia. To a lesser degree, the formerly hegemonic colonial powers of Britain, France, and the Netherlands still controlled portions of the region. At the same time, subjugated peoples...
Ways of War
American Military History from the Colonial Era to the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2017
From the first interactions between European and native peoples to the recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, military issues have always played an important role in American history. Now in its updated second edition, Ways of War comprehensively explains the place of the military within the wider...