{"product_id":"the-fighting-coast-guard-americas-maritime-guardians-at-war-in-the-twentieth-century-with-foreword-by-admiral-thad-allen-uscg-ret-hardback-9780700633944","title":"The Fighting Coast Guard; America's Maritime Guardians at War in the Twentieth Century, with Foreword by Admiral Thad Allen, USCG (ret.) (Hardback) 9780700633944","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Fighting Coast Guard\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAmerica's Maritime Guardians at War in the Twentieth Century, with Foreword by Admiral Thad Allen, USCG (ret.)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMark A. Snell (Edited by), Thad Allen (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780700633944\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 December 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e424 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.3 x 16.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.363 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The history of America’s Coast Guard is filled with more heroes and heroism than most of the navies that ever sailed the seven seas. Snell’s work is informative, groundbreaking, and inspiring.\"—James Jay Carafano, vice president, Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"There is no comparable anthology on the Coast Guard at war. The combination of general descriptive essays and more focused chapters on specific ships or campaigns make for intriguing and informative reading. Anyone who reads this book will come away with a broad knowledge of Coast Guard history and better appreciation for its activities during wartime.\"—Robert Wooster, retired Regents Professor of History at Texas A\u0026amp;M University-Corpus Christi and author of \u003ci\u003eThe United States Army and the Making of America: From Confederation to Empire, 1775–1903\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis collection of essays, written by the some of the foremost historians in the field of Coast Guard history, highlights the wartime roles played by the United States’ oldest federal maritime service, from its inception through the last decade of the twentieth century. \u003ci\u003eThe Fighting Coast Guard\u003c\/i\u003e features three distinct sections: “Beginnings,” which includes a short overview of the US Revenue Cutter Service (the USCG’s primary forerunner, established in 1790) and two chapters on World War I; “Conflagration,” the role of the USCG during the World War II era; and “The Cold War and Beyond,” an assessment of the Coast Guard’s participation in the Korean Conflict, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War of 1991. \u003ci\u003eThe Fighting Coast Guard\u003c\/i\u003e is a significant contribution to the limited historiography of the Coast Guard and a critical analysis of various wartime roles undertaken by the Coast Guard during America’s twentieth-century conflicts.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBecause the Coast Guard operated as part of the Department of the Navy during the two world wars, its service and history is often overlooked or enveloped by the larger service, while the USCG’s limited participation in cold and hot wars since 1945 is often ignored altogether. This anthology provides readers with a solid overview while highlighting some of the service’s most important contributions as a combatant force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis definitive study of the role of the US Coast Guard in wartime, from its modern inception in 1915 through the end of the twentieth century, is long overdue and will shed new light on America’s smallest military service.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword, \u003ci\u003eAdmiral Thad Allen, Twenty-third Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: “In Spite of Foeman’s Might. . . Fr Showing How to Fight”: A Chronological Overview of the U.S. Coast Guard as a Combatant Force, 1917-19941, \u003ci\u003eMark A. Snell\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart I: Beginnings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue: A Historical Overview of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, 1798-1898, \u003ci\u003eC. Douglas Kroll\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1. “The Highest Traditions of Any Service\"”: Thje U.S. Coast Guard’s Attempt to Save the British Collier \u003ci\u003eWellington\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRobert Browning Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e2. The Loss of the USS \u003ci\u003eTampa\u003c\/i\u003e at Its Lasting Legacy, \u003ci\u003eNora Chidlow and Arlyn Danielson\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart II: Conflagration\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e3. “Remember Pearl harbor”: The World War II Odyssey of the USCG Cutter \u003ci\u003eTaney\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePaul Cora\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e4. “Bringing Home the Bacon”: The U.S. Coast Guard’s Participation in the Atlantic Convoy Operations of World War II, \u003ci\u003eScott Price\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e5. Ice, Icebergs, and War: The U.S. Coast Guard in Greenland during World War II, \u003ci\u003eDennis L. Noble\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e6. Naval Operating Base Cactus and Coast Guard Operations in the Battle for Guadalcanal, \u003ci\u003eWilliam Thiesen\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e7. The Coast Guard and the Pacific War, \u003ci\u003eRobert Browning Jr.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e8. “The Mission . . . Is to Put the Army on the Beach” USCG Flotilla 10 at Bloody Omaha, \u003ci\u003eMark A. Snell\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e9. The Auxiliary at War, 1941-1945, \u003ci\u003eJohn A. Tilley\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart III: The Cold War and Beyond\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. The Forgotten Service during the Forgotten War: The U.S. Coast Guard’s Role in the Korean Conflict, \u003ci\u003eScott Price\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Patrolling Inshore Waters from Demilitarized Zone to Qui Nhon, 1967-1968: A Memore, \u003ci\u003ePaul C. Scotti\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. To Patrol and Interdict: The USCG Cutter \u003ci\u003eTaney\u003c\/i\u003e in Operation Market Time, 1967-1970, \u003ci\u003ePaul Cora\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. “WarTime Usefulness . . . Is a By-Product of the Coast Guard” The Origins and Early History of the Coast Guard Reserve’ Port Security Units, \u003ci\u003eJohn R. 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