MARINES AT WAR
20 True, Heroic Tales of U.S. Marines in Combat
1942 - 1983
by Eric Hammel
Trade Paperback Edition: $24.95
Kindle Edition: $9.99

In twenty hard-hitting, action-packed true, heroic stories, Eric Hammel chronicles the making of the modern U.S. Marine Corps legend from the desperate Guadalcanal landings in 1942 to the tragic bombing of the Marine headquarters in Beirut in 1983. Excerpted from all of Hammel’s books on Marine Corps battles and a number of articles he has written over the years for Leatherneck and other magazines, this collection will prove to be inspiring to Marines, former Marines, friends of the U.S. Marine Corps, and any other reader of military history who wants to know what war looks like from the bottom up.

Most of the stories in Marines at War are taken from Hammel’s books, which are well known to avid military-history readers for the way the author blends riveting accounts of men at the bloody spearpoint with the big picture. This blending of facts and analysis is the essence of Eric Hammel’s writing. Several of the chapters in Marines at War are rendered in the actual words of combat Marines.

In addition to the many stories Hammel’s fans expect about ground combat in the South Pacific, Korea, Vietnam, and Beirut, the author has made sure to include tales of Marine aviators in action. This makes Marines at War a “must read” for anyone who has served as a United States Marine in war or at peace.