MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 02316cam a2200349 a 4500
001 2008049097
003 DLC
005 20090714160104.0
008 081110s2009 ncuab b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008049097
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020 $a9780786437962 (softcover : alk. paper)
020 $a0786437960 (softcover : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn275151693
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043 $an-us---
050 00 $aVE23$b.D355 2009
082 00 $a327.73$222
100 1 $aDaugherty, Leo J.
245 14 $aThe Marine Corps and the State Department :$benduring partners in United States foreign policy, 1798-2007 /$cLeo J. Daugherty III.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2009.
300 $axi, 395 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 375-381) and index.
505 0 $aOrigins of a mission, 1798-1900 -- "Our flag's unfurled to every breeze" : Marine legation guards from China to Nicaragua, 1900-1940 -- Ashore and afloat : the Marines and service with the Department of State, 1904-1945 -- A new mission : Marine embassy security guards and the memorandum of agreement, 1946-1954 -- The early years : revolutions, coups, civil wars, 1949-1964 -- Embassy guards at war : Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, 1962-1975 -- Standing watch over a troubled world, 1961-1979 -- Embassies at war and in peace, 1979-1991 -- Coups, non-combatant evacuations, and the War on Terror, 1991-2007 -- Not just fitting in ... but standing out : Marine Security Guard School, 1979-2004 -- "Our Marines" : a retrospective.
520 $a"This work is a complete history of the partnership between the Department of State and the U.S. Marine Corps tracing the evolving role that Marines have played in conjunction with the Foreign Service"--Provided by publisher.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps Embassy Security Group$xHistory.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bMarine Corps$xForeign service$xHistory.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDept. of State$xBuildings$xSecurity measures$xHistory.
650 0 $aEmbassy buildings$xSecurity measures$zUnited States$xHistory.
650 0 $aDiplomatic and consular service$zUnited States$xHistory.
651 0 $aUnited States$xForeign relations.