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The Writing Guide of the Marine Corps History and Museums Division is intended primarily for use by historians and curators, both Marine and civilian, assigned to the Division and those others engaged in the preparation of officially sanctioned histories and exhibits. However, the Writing Guide can also be a useful reference for historians of Marine Corps history. Two basic source works have been consulted extensively in the preparation of the Writing Guide. In general, the current edition of the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual has been used for guidance is such areas as capitalization, compounding, punctuation and the use of numerals, while Merriam Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary is used as the authority for spelling and word usage. The ultimate authority in such matters is Webster's Third New International Dictionary. In those relatively few instances where official Marine historical writing practices differ from these sources, this Writing Guide provides examples of the approved and generally long-established methodologies. This edition is a major revision of the last Writing Guide, which was published in October 1983. While most of the material in the previous edition is included in this iteration, it has been completely reorganized and numerous additions have been made. It is the intent of the Marine Corps that its official historical works be accurate, objective, academically reputable and readable by a general audience interested in the subject matter.
The Writing Guide of the Marine Corps History and Museums Division is intended primarily for use by historians and curators, both Marine and civilian, assigned to the Division and those others engaged in the preparation of officially sanctioned histories and exhibits. However, the Writing Guide can also be a useful reference for historians of Marine Corps history. Two basic source works have been consulted extensively in the preparation of the Writing Guide. In general, the current edition of the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual has been used for guidance is such areas as capitalization, compounding, punctuation and the use of numerals, while Merriam Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary is used as the authority for spelling and word usage. The ultimate authority in such matters is Webster's Third New International Dictionary. In those relatively few instances where official Marine historical writing practices differ from these sources, this Writing Guide provides examples of the approved and generally long-established methodologies. This edition is a major revision of the last Writing Guide, which was published in October 1983. While most of the material in the previous edition is included in this iteration, it has been completely reorganized and numerous additions have been made.
This award–winning “powerful narrative history” presents a vividly detailed chronicle of grueling combat operations in Fallujah during the Iraq War (Midwest Book Review). Few places are as closely associated with blood, sacrifice, and valor as the ancient city Fallujah, forty miles west of Baghdad. This sprawling concrete jungle was the scene of two major U.S. combat operations in 2004. The first, Operation Vigilant Resolve, was an aborted effort by U.S. Marines to punish the city’s insurgents. The second, Operation Phantom Fury, was launched seven months later. Also known as the Second Battle for Fallujah, Operation Phantom Fury was a protracted house-to-house and street-to-street conflict that began on November 7th and continued unabated for seven bloody weeks. It was the largest fight of Operation Iraqi Freedom and the heaviest urban combat since the Battle of Hue City, Vietnam in 1968. By the time the fighting ended, more than 1,400 insurgents were dead, along with ninety-five Americans (and another 1,000 wounded). In New Dawn, military historian Richard Lowry draws on archival research, as well as the personal recollections of nearly 200 soldiers and Marines who participated in the battles for Fallujah, from the commanding generals who planned the operations to the privates who kicked in the doors. The result is a gripping narrative of individual sacrifice and valor that also documents the battles for future military historians. Winner of the Military Writers Society of America Gold Medal for History
This Guide to the Study and Use of Military History is designed to foster an appreciation of the value of military history and explain its uses and the resources available for its study. It is not a work to be read and lightly tossed aside, but one the career soldier should read again or use as a reference at those times during his career when necessity or leisure turns him to the contemplation of the military past.