Marines At War

20 True, Heroic Tales of U.S. Marines in Combat
1942 - 1983

by Eric Hammel

272 pages with Maps

ISBN 978-0-935553-40-6

In twenty hard-hitting, action-packed true, heroic stories, Eric Hammel chronicles the making of the modern U.S. Marine Corps from the desperate Guadalcanal landings in 1942 to the tragic bombing of the Marine headquarters in Beirut in 1983. Excerpted from all of Hammel's books on Marine Corps battles and a number of articles he wrote over the years for Leatherneck and other magazines, this collection includes stories of ground combat in the South Pacific, Korea, Vietnam, and Beirut, as well as tales of Marine aviators in action in three wars. Marines at War will prove to be inspiring to Marines, former Marines, friends of the U.S. Marine Corps, and any other reader of military history who wants to know what war looks like from the bottom up.

Eric Hammel is well known to military-history readers for the way he blends riveting accounts of men at the bloody spearpoint with the big picture. His blending fact with analysis is the essence of his writing. Several of the chapters in Marines at War are rendered in the actual words of combat Marines.

Twenty hard-hitting and true tales chronicle the making of the modern U.S. Marine Corps legend, from the desperate landings at Guadalcanal in 1942 to the tragic 1983 bombing of USMC headquarters in Beirut. Excerpted from the author's previous books on the Marine Corps, as well as from a number of articles he wrote for Leatherneck and other magazines, this collection is sure to prove itself an inspiring read for U.S. Marines past and present, friends and families of Marines, and military history buffs who want to look at war from the bottom up.