Click on a thumbnail to go to Google Books.
Loading... American Samurai: Myth and Imagination in the Conduct of Battle in the First Marine Division 1941-1951by Craig M. Cameron
None Loading...
Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. No reviews no reviews | add a review
American Samurai offers an innovative approach to military history by linking battlefield dynamics of the Pacific War to cultural, social, and institutional myth among marines of the First Division. Although it has elements of each, the book is neither a detailed campaign history nor a traditional unit history. It moves in roughly chronological order, but is organised thematically to explore how myth and imagination shaped the marines' actions. It blends a humanistic approach of letting the actors speak for themselves in letters and memoirs with insights from the social sciences. No library descriptions found. |
Current DiscussionsNone
Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)359.9Social sciences Public Administration, Military Science Navy; Naval ScienceLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
Is this you?Become a LibraryThing Author. |