The American Revolutionary War
The Birth of the US Marine Corps
The First Barbary War
The War of 1812
New Challenges 1815-35
The Second Seminole War
The Mexican–American War
Expanding Empire
Harpers Ferry
Select Bibliography
Index
Featuring specially commissioned artwork and archive illustrations, this engrossing study describes the US Marine Corps’ early operations and illustrates its evolving uniforms and personal equipment.
Ron Field is an internationally acknowledged expert on US
military history. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship in 1982, he
taught History at Piedmont High School in California from 1982 to
1983, and was then Head of History at the Cotswold School in
Bourton-on-the-Water, UK, until his retirement in 2007. In 2005 he
was elected a Fellow of the Company of Military Historians, based
in Washington, DC, and was awarded its Emerson Writing Award in
2013.
Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an
illustrator in 1983. He specializes in detailed historical
reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on subjects as
diverse as the Aztecs, the Ancient Greeks, Roman battle tactics,
several 19th-century American subjects, the modern Chinese Army,
and a number of books in the Fortress series. His work features in
exhibitions and publications throughout the world. He lives in East
Sussex, UK.
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