02189nam 2200277z- 450 991084698200332120240506085957.0(CKB)5690000000420521(EXLCZ)99569000000042052120240418c2024uuuu -u- -engMarines in crisis the Cold War transformation of the U.S. Marine Corps, 1947-1995 /Charles P. NeimeyerMarine Corps University Press (MCUP)979-89-86259-47-5 979-89-86259-46-8 The Cold War begins -- No more Vietnams -- Trials of the 1970s -- The Cushman-Wilson-Barrow era -- Beirut, Grenada, and the Reagan era -- General Alfred Gray and maneuver warfare -- To the crucible and beyond."Throughout the Cold War and into the 1990s, the Marine Corps faced multiple strategic inflection points. Some of these moments were fights for institutional survival, some were based on emerging technology or internal upheaval, and others were more concerned with developing operational doctrine. When compared to the development of its amphibious warfare doctrine between World War I and World War II, these Cold War decisions related to the Marine Corps came about at an astonishing pace. Many of these post-World War II moments came only after painful experiences in increasingly complex and multidimensional Joint combat operations or humanitarian interventions, where international politics, rapidly changing technology, new societal norms, and even culture played an ever-larger role on the battlefield. For the Marine Corps, the Cold War and beyond seemingly required its senior leaders to predict the rapid-fire changes that impacted the new way of war and evolving politics of conflict. In response, those leaders continually transformed the Marine Corps to ensure it played a significant role in U.S. military matters"--Provided by publisher.Cold WarCold War.359.960973Neimeyer Charles Patrick1954-1723978Marine Corps University (U.S.).Press,BOOK9910846982003321Marines in crisis4168551UNINA