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Product Identifiers
PublisherUniversity Press of Kentucky
ISBN-100813109574
ISBN-139780813109572
eBay Product ID (ePID)701779
Product Key Features
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMaverick Marine : General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History
Publication Year1998
SubjectMilitary / United States, Entertainment & Performing Arts, Film / History & Criticism, Military
FeaturesReprint
TypeTextbook
AuthorHans Schmidt
Subject AreaPerforming Arts, Biography & Autobiography, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
ReviewsA sympathetic portrait of a Victorian officer-warrior who lost his way as he advanced in rank and his America and his Marine Corps changed after World War I., "As pure biography, Maverick Marine is a colorful story about a swashbuckling establishment-shaker. Schmidt's book is particularly valuable, however, for the insights it provides into Yankee imperialism and its racist undertones." -- Publishers Weekly, "This long-awaited biography is as crisp as a David Brinkley commentary. Fact-packed and exquisitely documented.-- Naval Institute Proceedings" -- Naval Institute Proceedings, "A sympathetic portrait of a Victorian officer-warrior who lost his way as he advanced in rank and his America and his Marine Corps changed after World War I.-- Journal of American History" -- Journal of American History, "As pure biography, Maverick Marine is a colorful story about a swashbuckling establishment-shaker. Schmidt's book is particularly valuable, however, for the insights it provides into Yankee imperialism and its racist undertones.-- Publishers Weekly" -- Publishers Weekly, "This long-awaited biography is as crisp as a David Brinkley commentary. Fact-packed and exquisitely documented." -- Naval Institute Proceedings, This long-awaited biography is as crisp as a David Brinkley commentary. Fact-packed and exquisitely documented., As pure biography, Maverick Marine is a colorful story about a swashbuckling establishment-shaker. Schmidt's book is particularly valuable, however, for the insights it provides into Yankee imperialism and its racist undertones., "A sympathetic portrait of a Victorian officer-warrior who lost his way as he advanced in rank and his America and his Marine Corps changed after World War I." -- Journal of American History
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal359.9/6/0924
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisSmedley Butler's life and career epitomize the contradictory nature of American military policy through the first part of this century. Butler won renown as a Marine battlefield hero, campaigning in most of America's foreign military expeditions from 1898 to the late 1920s. He became the leading national advocate for paramilitary police reform. Upon his retirement, however, he renounced war and imperialism and devoted his energy and prestige to various dissident and leftist political causes., Smedley Butler's life and career epitomize the contradictory nature of American military policy through the first part of this century. Butler won renown as a Marine battlefield hero, campaigning in most of America's foreign military expeditions from 1898 to the late 1920s. He became the leading national advocate for paramilitary police reform. Upon his retirement, however, he renounced war and imperialism and devoted his energy and prestige to various dissident and leftist political causes.|9780813109572|
LC Classification NumberVE25
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- 10. Mär. 2020
A story that needs to be told.
A piece of our history unknown - no revealed. As story of a Marine general that stood up and made a differenceBestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 12. Feb. 2021
Great Book
Smedley Butler was a Marine's Marine, Patriot and real deal!Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
