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Genre/Form: | Military history |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert Grandchamp; Jane Lancaster; Cynthia Ferguson |
ISBN: | 9780786463756 0786463759 |
OCLC Number: | 744560342 |
Description: | x, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm |
Contents: | Introduction : Citizen-soldiers -- In memoriam : Major General Harold Newton Read -- Early beginnings, 1801-1829 -- The PMCA and the Napoleonic era -- The Dorr Rebellion -- The golden age of the PMCA -- Colonel William Sprague and the PMCA -- Artillery primer -- The Civil War -- A push for professionalism -- Restoring the legacy -- The Mexican border -- World War I -- Between the wars -- World War II -- Korea and the Cold War era, 1946-1989 -- The War on Terror. |
Responsibility: | Robert Grandchamp, Jane Lancaster and Cynthia Ferguson ; foreword by Howard F. Brown. |
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Abstract:
Formed in 1801 to protect sea captains against attack from the British navy and Barbary Pirates, the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery remains one of the most famed regiments in the US army. Based on extensive primary research and interviews with veterans of the corps, this engaging narrative offers an insider's look at the illustrious regiment.
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