Leo J. Daugherty

The Marine Corps and the State Department

Enduring Partners in United States Foreign Policy, 1798-2007

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Produktbeschreibung

This work is a complete history of the partnership between the Department of State and the United States Marine Corps. From its formation in 1775, the Corps developed a close working relationship with the diplomatic service of the Continental Congress and later, in 1798, with the newly created United States Department of State. The Marines accompanied U.S. diplomats to France in 1778 and worked closely with the State Department during the Barbary Wars and the opening of China. In 1905, an executive order by Theodore Roosevelt established a Marine Legation Guard, and the Corps played an increasingly important role in embassies across the globe. Today, the war on terrorism highlights this important relationship as Marines guard some of the most dangerous embassies in the world.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. März 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 764g
• ISBN-13: 9780786437962
• ISBN-10: 0786437960
• Artikelnr.: 23899275

Autorenporträt

Leo J. Daugherty III is the Senior Command Historian for the United States Army Cadet Command in Fort Knox, Kentucky.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Acronyms and Abbreviations     
1. Origins of a Mission, 1798-1900     
2. "Our Flag's Unfurled to Every Breeze": Marine Legation Guards from China
to Nicaragua, 1900-1940     
3. Ashore and Afloat: The Marines and Service with the Department of State,
1904-1945     
4. A New Mission: Marine Embassy Security Guards and the Memorandum of
Agreement, 1946-1954     
5. The Early Years: Revolutions, Coups, Civil Wars, 1949-1964     
6. Embassy Guards at War: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, 1962-1975     
7. Standing Watch Over a Troubled World, 1961-1979     
8. Embassies at War and in Peace, 1979-1991     
9. Coups, Non-Combatant Evacuations, and the War on Terror, 1991-2007     
10. Not Just Fitting In ... But Standing Out: Marine Security Guard School,
1979-2004     
11. "Our Marines": A Retrospective     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index