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Frontcover; Contents; List of Tables; Note on Terms; Preface; Introduction; PART I; 1 What Came Before; 1739 House of Commons Debates; The Structure of Marine Regiments; The Operational Use of Marine Regiments; Conclusion; 2 Administration; 1755 Corps of Marines and Marine Department; The Marine Pay Office; Divisional Structure; Marine Barracks; Naval Sinecure or Marine Command?; 3 Marine Corps Manpower; Recruiting Service; Demography and Social Background; Pay and Subsistence; Desertion and Retention of Marines; PART II; 4 Policing Functions and Mutiny; Policing Duties on Ship |
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Policing Duties AshoreMutinies at Sea; Great Mutiny on Land?; 5 Operational Doctrine; Marine Training and Tactics for Sea Combat; Marine Training and Theory for Land Combat; Amphibious Assault: Large- and Small-scale; 6 An Imperial Rapid Reaction Force; Foreign Power Projection; Imperial Power Projection; Conclusion: The Construction of a Marine identity; The Stages towards the Establishment of a Permanent Corps of Royal Marines; Appendices; Command Tree; Chart 1: Marine and Naval Manpower; Chart 2: Percentage of Marines to Voted Strength; Chart 3: Marine Enlistment Years |
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Chart 4: Marines' Country of BirthBritish Marine Corps' Timeline; Table A1: Marine Height & Year of Enlistment; Table A2: Age & Year of Enlistment; Select Bibliography; Index; Backcover |
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9781782041771 (electronic bk.) |
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178204177X (electronic bk.) |
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