David J. Ulbrich is a historian at the U.S. Army Engineer School at Ft. Leonard, MO. and senior instructor in Norwich University’s Masters in Military History program. He received the 2003-2004 General Lemuel Shepherd Dissertation Fellowship from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation. Ulbrich earned his doctorate in history at Temple University.
Preparing for Victory is a well-researched and detailed Naval
Institute Press book in the Leatherneck Original series. . . .A
masterfully written book, provides quality insight into this
little-known Marine leader and his decisions in a crucial time of
Marine history. The author has successfully portrayed Gen. Holcomb
as a visionary leader, shrewd publicist, progressive thinker,
meticulous planner, and a courageous combat leader. Due to his
facility for `staying out of the limelight’ he often is overlooked
as a transformative figure in the Marine Corps. This classically
crafted biography will go far toward gaining Gen. Holcomb his
rightful place in the history of our Corps.
*Leatherneck*
Excellent narrative. . . .This book is strongly recommended to
anyone interested in a fuller picture of the Marine Corps and its
leaders than is normally understood during the first half of the
20th century. Thomas Holcomb is properly described in a manner that
illustrates his seminal importance in the storied history of the
Marine Corps.
*Naval History Book Reviews*
This book is the first biography of the former commandant, who,
from December 1936 to December 1943, turned the Corps from a small
brush-fire war force into four well-trained infantry divisions
capable of large-scale amphibious assaults against Japanese-held
island fortresses without suffering a defeat.
*Seapower*
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