Monday, October 16, 2006

American samurai: myth, imagination, and the conduct of battle in the First Marine Division, 1941-1951

Author: Cameron, Craig M.
Title: American samurai: myth, imagination, and the conduct of battle in the First Marine Division, 1941-1951
Published: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994
Description: xiii, 297 p. :ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography: p. 273-284
Note: Based on the author’s thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, 1990
Subject(s):
  • War -- Psychological aspects
  • War -- Mythology
  • United States. Marine Corps

Review(s):

  • Marling, Karal Ann. "American Samurai: Myth, Imagination, and the Conduct of Battle in the First Marine Division, 1941-1951." Reviews in American History 22.n3 (Sept 1994): 502
  • Gudmundsson, Bruce I. "American Samurai: Myth, Imagination, and the Conduct of Battle in the First Marine Division, 1941-1951." The Journal of Military History 59.n1 (Jan 1995): 171
  • Bailey, Beth. "American Samurai: Myth, Imagination, and the Conduct of Battle in the First Marine Division, 1941-1951." American Historical Review 100.n2 (April 1995): 607

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