MARS LEARNING:
THE MARINE CORPS' DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL WARS DOCTRINE, 1915-1940.

Keith B. Bickel

Westview Press, 2001. NEW copy. Trade paperback. Diagrams, maps, notes, bibliography, index, 274 pages. "...closely evaluates Marine civil and military pacification operations in Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and Nicaragua, and illuminates the debates surrounding the development of Marine Corps small wars doctrine between 1915 and 1940. The result is compelling evidence of how field experience obtained before 1940 played a role in shaping the Marine Corps' 'Small Arms Manual' and elements of doctrine that exist today. How the Marines organized lessons at that time provides important insights into how doctrine is likely to ge generated today in response to post-Cold War interventions around the globe."

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