First Edition / First Print. Hardback copy in red cloth boards with silver gilt lettering to spine. Unclipped dustjacket in new removable protective clear sleeve. 252pp. B/w photographs and maps. Not library copy, no inscriptions, light rubbing to dustjacket edges. (10/1).

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Title: First to Fight - An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps
Publisher: Naval Institute Press, Maryland, USA
Publication Date: 1984
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0870217852
ISBN 13: 9780870217852
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition
Printing: 1st Printing
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
Dimensions: 15.88 centimeters width by 23.5 centimeters height by 2.54 centimeters depth
Weight: 567 grams

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Tells the stories of Marines in combat during World War II and Vietnam, looks at Marine boot camp, and describes various administrative attempts to end the Marine Corps

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First to Fight makes for wonderful reading. It is fast paced; often stirring; always informed, interesting, and enlightening. Marines will zip through it, delight in it, and wish it was far longer. -- Marine Corps Gazette

A fascinating combination of memoir and study of the U.S. Marine Corps. -- Booklist

General Krulak's skills as a journalist enhance the telling of his tales surrounding the Corps's history...his personal recollections add immeasurably to the book's quality. --National Defense

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