Chesty: The Story of Lieutenant General Lewis B. Puller, USMC
The first biography since Burke Davis's uncritical Marine! (1962), this engrossing biography by Hoffman (Marine Corps Historical Ctr.) effectively portrays "Chesty" Puller (1898-1971) as an enduring icon of the U.S. Marine Corps. His 37-year career included engagements with bandits in Haiti, rebels...

Boot
It's America's toughest Boot Camp, 88 days of drills, inspections, rifle practices, war games, grueling physical exercise and a regimen that separates the men from the boys. Boot gives the inside story of basic training in the Marines, America's fiercest fighting force. HC: St. Martin's.

The Marines
A magnificent word and picture book on Marine Corps history. This coffee table volume with over 600 photos and illustrations and superbly written and edited text is the ultimate book on the history of the U.S. Marine Corps. A collectors item, indeed.

The Battle History of the U.S. Marines: A Fellowship of Valor
Marines have fought and died for the United States since the Revolutionary War. "There is a fellowship of valor that links all U.S. Marines, past, present, and future," observes Joseph Alexander, through more than two centuries of battles in the air, on land, and at sea, from their inauspicious...

Semper Fidelis: The History of the United States Marine Corps
Absolutely the single most impressive volume on Marine Corps history! After teaching History of the U.S. Marine Corps for over two years at the U.S. Naval Academy, I can honestly say that nothing else in print even comes close to Allan Millett's Semper Fidelis. To all Marines... this is what we...

First to Fight: An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps (Bluejacket Books)
Marine Corps Gazette First to Fight makes for wonderful reading. It is fast paced; often stirring; always informed, interesting, and enlightening. Marines will zip through it, delight in it, and wish it was far longer.

Corps Values
Call it Robert Fulghum by way of John Wayne... In 1953, Zell Miller was as low as he could get. He'd dropped out of college after being made to feel inferior because of his "hillbilly" background and wound up in jail one weekend after getting drunk on moonshine and driving his car into a ditch. In...

Warfighting: The United States Marine Corps
Warfighting is an authentic American philosophy of action that will thrill the millions of fans of SunTzu's The Art of War and Musashi's T he Book of Five Rings. This modern classic of strategy and philosophy is the quintessential guide to prevailing in competitive situations, be it war, ...

U.S. Marine Guidebook of Essential Subjects
This repected book is used by all Marines. Chapters include Marine Corps history, Code of Conduct, close order drill, first aid, rifle marksmanship, land navigation and much more. Includes excellent photographs and illustrations.

Heroes: U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor Winners
The United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor, awarded for outstanding courage and sacrifice in combat, is the greatest honor a Marine can hope to attain. In over two hundred years of Marine Corps existence, only 293 marines have received this honor.

Making the Corps
Marines are different: distinct not only from ordinary U.S. citizens but from the ranks of the army, navy, and air force as well. The difference begins with boot camp at Parris Island, South Carolina, where the history and future of the United States Marine Corps intersect in the training of every...

The Marine Officer's Guide
At first blush, much of the information in this book may seem obscure or even irrelevant for people not making a career in the Marine Corps: information about personnel folders and fitness reports, how to apply for and receive transit insurance, or how to render salutes when small boats pass close aboard. But even in these details, a sense of what it means to be a Marine comes through loud and clear.

Marine Book: A Portrait of America's Military Elite
From its inception, the Marine Corps has been an elite fighting force. Lawliss has created a rich, insider's portrait of the Marines, with extensive accounts of the officer corps, Marine aviation, and the transformation of the Corps into a state-of-the-art war machine. Lawliss also covers the...

With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa
In his own book, Wartime, Paul Fussell called With the Old Breed "one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war." John Keegan referred to it in The Second World War as "one of the most arresting documents in war literature." And Studs Terkel was so fascinated with the story he interviewed its...

The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb
The Battle of Okinawa was "the largest land-sea-air battle in history," yet remarkably little is know about this final major engagement of World War II. Based on interviews with Americans, Japanese, and Okinawans who endured the fighting, this masterpiece of military history explores every aspect...

Once a Legend: 'Red Mike' Edson of the Marine Raiders
The first biography of the man described as "the personification of the great fighting tradition of our Corps."

A Few Good Men
Throughout its history, the United States Marine Corps in particular, the 5th Marines has been the "first to fight." Brown, a lieutenant colonel, USMCR (Ret.), Marine historian, and veteran of the 5th, offers a fascinating and detailed account of this highly decorated unit. From its activation in...

Warrior Culture of the U. S. Marines
This book pays tribute to the U.S. Marines, the World's Warrior Elite. It's all here: Marine quotations, Tun Tavern, Marine slogans, and the revered War Memorial on "hallowed ground." There's much, much more: Blood Stripe, Blood Chit, Battle Colors, the many creeds, the Commandants, and the...

Into the Crucible
Fifty-four grueling hours that complete the process of turning recruits into Marines.