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• Volume I. Marine Corps generals, 1899-1936 (2nd edition)
• volume II. Marine Corps colonels, 1892-1928 (1st edition)
• volume III. Marine Corps heroes, 1898-1916 (1st edition).

Oliver P. Smith fought at Peleliu and Okinawa and then commanded the 1st Marine Division in Korea during the assault at Inchon, the recapture of Seoul, and the breakout from the Chosin Reservoir. Called one of the twentieth century's great Marine leaders, Smith was known as an outstanding combat commander and a man of great intellect and moral courage. This biography, written by the granddaughter he helped raise, illuminates the general's remarkable life. It draws on interviews, oral histories and a thorough examination of letters held by the family and not previously available to researchers. Gail Shisler's investigation of Smith's relationship with his Army superiors in Korea and with his Marine Corps peers and superiors takes exception to previously published descriptions and adds new insights into the Corps'postwar battle for survival. About the Author Gail B. Shisler was born during World War II, a conflict in which her father lost his life. She lived with General and Mrs. Smith for much of her youth. She now makes her home in Fairfax, VA.
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• Prologue: grunts
• Introduction
• Go tell the Spartans
• Market Street
• The snake pit
• Fallujah, interrupted
• The little things that kill
• Martyrs
• Bad karmah
• All quiet on the western front
• The river
• Inshallah
• Social energy
• Sophomoric behavior
• Season of harvest
• Hail the conquering hero
• Our way of life
• Epilogue: citizens
• Glossary of Marine/Iraqi terms
• United States Marine Corps rank chart.

This book takes a sometimes harrowing, often humorous, and occasionally tragic look at the Marine Corps from the inside out in its struggle with the insurgency in Iraq. Drawing from personal experience in the confusing, deadly conflict currently being fought in the streets and back alleys of Iraqi towns and villages, Danelo focuses on the young Marine leaders - corporals and sergeants - whose job it is to take even younger Marines into battle, close with and destroy an elusive enemy, and bring their boys back home again. Sadly, there are losses, but true to the Marine Corps spirit, they soldier on, earning their blood stripes the only way they know how - the hard way.
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In November 1950, United Nations forces in Korea narrowly escaped being overrun by Chinese Communist forces, due to the military expertise of General Oliver Prince Smith. Using the general's own notes and diaries, this book describes Smith's long and distinguished career, his command in Iceland in 1940, in the Pacific campaigns, and in Korea. The general's wartime dealings witrh military and political leaders is also discussed, paying tribute to a man called the "gentle warrior".
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• Hoosier plowboy
• Marine in China
• Tarawa
• Line of departure
• Crackpot realism
• Rational realism
• Rathole
• Dollar crooked fingers.

David M. Shoup was a dedicated and decorated military hero serving early on in China and later in World War II, where he earned a Medal of Honor. However, in his retirement, General Shoup became an outspoken critic and protester of American involvement in Vietnam.
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In this candid book, Oliver North, the man who has been at the centre of the Iran-Contra controversy tells the story of his life. He reveals the inside story behind the headlines and stresses the importance of his family and his enduring faith, which have seen him through the toughest times.
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In this candid book, Oliver North, the man who has been at the centre of the Iran-Contra controversy tells the story of his life. He reveals the inside story behind the headlines and stresses the importance of his family and his enduring faith, which have seen him through the toughest times.
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Guts and Glory follows North's years on the NSC, revealing previously unknown facts regarding his role in the invasion of Grenada, the mining of Nicaraguan harbors, the capture of the Achille Lauro and the bombing of Libya, as well as new facts on the Iran-Contra affair. Photographs.
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