{"product_id":"american-spartans-the-u-s-marines-a-combat-history-from-iwo-jima","title":"American Spartans: The U.S. Marines: A Combat History from Iwo Jima","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A welcome, readable, and concise history of the corps' past 60 years.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the islands of the Pacific to Korea to the Middle East, James A. Warren's riveting and authoritative battle history of the Marines reveals how \"the few and the proud\" have drawn on their timeless precepts across six decades while reinventing themselves in the face of political change to forever remain America's finest warriors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJames A. Warren is a historian and foreign policy analyst. A regular contributor to \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, he is the author of \u003ci\u003eGod, War, and Providence: The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAmerican Spartans: The US Marines: A Combat History from Iwo Jima to Iraq\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eThe Lions of Iwo Jima: The Story of Combat Team 28 and the Bloodiest Battle in Marine Corps History \u003c\/i\u003e(with Major General Fred Haynes, USMC-RET), among other books. For many years, Warren was an acquisitions editor at Columbia University Press, and more recently a visiting scholar in American Studies at Brown University. He lives in Saunderstown, Rhode Island.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504538554642,"sku":"9781451607444","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a8788a4a-d489-4609-b80a-caba242f6e16.jpg?v=1730821807","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/american-spartans-the-u-s-marines-a-combat-history-from-iwo-jima","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}