Thomas P. Ostrom

The United States Coast Guard and National Defense

A History from World War I to the Present

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Produktbeschreibung

In addition to port security, ship inspection and safety, law enforcement, and search and rescue, the U.S. Coast Guard assumes an important role in national defense at home and abroad. To that end, the Coast Guard has carried out separate and coordinated missions with other armed forces from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, and polar region. This chronicle of the Coast Guard's contributions to national defense examines participation in World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. Among the topics explored are defense threats, drug trafficking, and border security, as well as Coast Guard personnel, training, leadership, and assets. This thorough consideration reveals the Coast Guard's commitment to its heritage and its motto: Semper Paratus (Always Ready).

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 459g
• ISBN-13: 9780786464807
• ISBN-10: 0786464801
• Artikelnr.: 33766051

Autorenporträt

A member of the United States Coast Guard Reserve from 1961 to 1969, Thomas P. Ostrom taught anthropology, geography, and history at Rochester Community College in Minnesota before retiring. He is a member of the U.S. Navy Memorial and the Naval Historical Foundation.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments     
Foreword by Commander Gary M. Thomas, USCG     
Preface     
Introduction     
1. The Coast Guard: 1790 to World War I     
2. World War II on Land, Sea and Air     
3. Korea: The Forgotten Cold War Conflict     
4. The Cold War from America to Vietnam     
5. Logistics and Tactics in Indochina     
6. Cold War, Terror and Interdiction     
7. National Defense on the Great Lakes     
8. Natural Disasters and the War on Terror     
9. Coast Guard Aviation and National Defense     
10. Homeland Security     
11. The Coast Guard in Kosovo, Iraq, and the Persian Gulf     
12. Port Security, Pirates and Commandos     
13. Budgets, Assets, Missions and Training     
14. The Arctic and National Security     
15. The Coast Guard Heritage     
Appendix A: Team Coast Guard and Commandants to 1990     
Appendix B: Team Coast Guard and Commandants, 1990 to 2010     
Appendix C: Always Ready: Coast Guard Personnel     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index