- Hardcover: 480 pages
- Publisher: Greenwood Press (22 July 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0313245045
- ISBN-13: 978-0313245046
- Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 15.8 x 2.8 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,697,822 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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.,." historians will welcome the efforts of Professors Coletta and Bauer who organized and shared in the work of more than 35 scholars who contribued entries to the volumes.... These accounts provide an informative historical summary of all significant bases, except for small temporary support establishments, operated by the Navy and Marine Corps throughout their existence. Full coverage is included of air stations, aviation research and development facilities, and other installations of special interest to aerospace historians. Each entry is accompanied by detailed bibliographies identifying sources that can be consulted for further details. There is extensive cross-referencing within the text ... [and] detailed subject and name indexes. Frank Uhlig, editor of the Naval War College Press, contributes perceptive introductions to both volumes that place the evolution and overall structure of Naval and Marine bases in their historical perspective.... These dictionaries are indispensable reference volumes for all students of Naval and Marine Corps history."-Aerospace Historian
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Histories of all important and historically significant overseas U.S. naval and Marine Corps bases and facilities are presented alphabetically in this work. Those bases within a geographic area that permits (or permitted) overflight rights, port visits, and the use of offshore anchorages and including Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam are included. Each entry discusses the form and function of the base or facility and gives something of its history and development. Bibliographies at the end of each entry provide sources for further research.
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Anchors Aweigh
20 Sep 2005
United States Navy and Marine Corps Bases, Overseas, and the companion United States Navy and Marine Corps Bases, Domestic, both edited by Paolo Coletta, are excellent references and often good reading. The team of contributors wrote essays of varying length on each of the installations cited. Sources follow each entry with primary sources shown separately from secondary sources. The result is a major work on a subject that deserves the attention.
It has been twenty years since publication of these books. Some of the bases shown as thriving centers of excellence are now closed. But the pre-1985 historical information is unaffected by the age of the books.
A big complaint, however, is the price.
It has been twenty years since publication of these books. Some of the bases shown as thriving centers of excellence are now closed. But the pre-1985 historical information is unaffected by the age of the books.
A big complaint, however, is the price.
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