A six-decade history of the U.S. Marines offers insight into the corps' philosophy and military practices, explaining how technology, training, and a fiercely promoted sense of loyalty have enabled Marine perseverance through several conflicts.

USMC Commandant's Professional Reading List 2021 -- WO, WO2, CAPT., SSGT, GYSGT.

"The indefinable inner strength": elements of Marine Corps culture -- The supreme test: the battle of Iwo Jima -- The final struggle: Okinawa and the legacies of the Pacific War -- Transition and challenge, 1945 to 1950 -- The Korean War: from Pusan through the capture of Seoul -- The Korean War: from the Chosin reservoir to the Armistice, July 1953 -- Between two wars, 1953 to 1965 -- Tragedy in the making: the Marines in Vietnam, 1965 to 1967 -- From Tet to the fall of Saigon, 1968 to 1975 -- From Abyss to Resurrection, 1975 to 1991 -- The Gulf War to Somalia -- Two wars in a new century: Afghanistan and the war in Iraq through the seizure of Baghdad.