Table of Contents Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Small Wars: A Diplomatic Background, 1899-1933 3 2. To Sunny Tropic Scenes: The Marine Corps and Expeditionary Warfare, 1899-1916 20 3. Fighting Insurgents in Haiti and the Lessons of Small Wars, 1919-1929 64 4. Intervention in the Dominican Republic, 1916-1924 99 5. Bush Warriors: Marines, Soldiers and Small Unit Training and Leadership, 1919-1933 115 6. Counterinsurgency from the Air: Marine Aviation in Small Wars (Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Nicaragua), 1919-1933 139 7. An Expedition Beyond the Sea: China, the Marines and Peacekeeping, 1923-1937 154 8.

 In Every Clime and Place: The U.S. Marines in Nicaragua, 1925-1933 211 9. The Lessons of Small Wars: The End of the Nicaraguan Campaign, 1929-1933 252 10. Gung Ho: Marine Corps and U.S. Navy Special Units During World War II, 1940-1945 286 11. The U.

S. Marine Corps and the First Counterinsurgency Era, 1899-1945: A Summary 334 Appendices A. A Creditable Position: James Carson Breckinridge and the Development of the Marine Corps Schools, by Troy R. Elkins 339 B. After-Action Report on 2nd Raider Battalion in Operations Against the Enemy (August-December 1942) (Enclosure A) and Reply of the Commandant of the Marine Corps (March 1943) 357 Chapter Notes 362 Bibliography 387 Index 393.