II. EVOLUTION OF AN AMPHIBIOUS DOCTRINE, 1901-1934

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Preface and Acknowledgments v
3. Contents ix
4. I. MISSION OF THE U.S. MARINES, THE AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT 1
5. II. EVOLUTION OF AN AMPHIBIOUS DOCTRINE, 1901-1934 14
6. III. TRAINING FOR AMPHIBIOUS WAR, 1934-1942 45
7. IV. BACKGROUND FOR GUADALCANAL, THE DECISION TO ATTACK 72
8. V. INITIAL OFFENSIVES, SOLOMONS-NEW BRITAIN-NEW GUINEA 99
9. VI. THE FIRST MAJOR ASSAULT, TARAWA 192
10. VII. THE MARSHALLS, GAINING MOMENTUM 253
11. VIII. THE MARIANAS, BASES FOR THE A.A.F. 310
12. IX. PALAU AND THE PHILIPPINES: MARINES IN SUPPORT OF MACARTHUR 392
13. X. THE SUPREME TEST, IWO JIMA 432
14. XI. OKINAWA, SPRINGBOARD TO JAPAN 531
15. XII. AMPHIBIOUS PROGRESS, 1941-1945 580
16. REFERENCES 591
17. INDEX 627