Call to Arms

W.E.B. Griffin - Call to Arms

The attack on Pearl Harbour swept America into the heart of World War II. The stormy South Pacific presented a daring new challenge, and the men of the Marine Corps were ready to fight. A story of lovers and fighters, leaders and heroes.

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Against the Tide of Years

Against the Tide of Years takes place approximately 10 years after the events of the first book. The leadership of the Republic of Nantucket has invested a great deal of time and effort into building up a substantial military force, both a deep-water navy and a Marine Corps, but the bulk of Nantucket's population are more interested in commerce and exploration than in bringing the renegade Walker to justice.

Harry Harrison - The Stainless Steel Rat
DiGriz is caught during one of his crimes and recruited into the Special Corps. Boring, routine desk work during his probationary period results in his discovering that someone is building a battleship, thinly disguised as an industrial vessel. In the peaceful League no one has battleships anymore, so the builder of this one would be unstoppable.

DiGriz' hunt for the guilty becomes a personal battle between himself and the beautiful but deadly Angelina, who his planning a coup on one of the feudal worlds. DiGriz' dilemma is whether he will turn Angelina over to the Special Corps, or join with her, since he has fallen in love with her.

 

Temeraire 2 - The Throne of Jade

This is the second volume of the Temeraire series.

 If you haven’t read the first, you may say yet another “cute dragon” book

    However, the combination of military history, sympathetic characters, and engaging style makes this series great, intelligent fun. Stephen King describes it as a cross between Susanna Clarke and Patrick O'Brian, and he's spot on—after charting the Napoleonic Wars, with a difference- dragons as Air Corps, an epic journey to Imperial China follows...

 

U.S. Marine Corps Close Combat

This exclusive new manual contains the most current close combat methods being taught to U.S. Marines for use on today's battlefield. It outlines the Marine Corps' latest lethal and non-lethal weapons techniques, use of knives and sticks and the full spectrum of unarmed tactics. For academic study only.