摘要：General Simmons' 4th edition of The United States Marines: A History will remain a useful survey history for general readers and a handy reference tool for specialists. However, the book is heavily dated in terms of historiographical interpretations and this lessens its value to both intended audiences. The author employs a very traditional and sensible chronological organization, starting with the first organized Marine Corps operations in the Revolutionary War and proceeding to the latest deployments of Marine expeditionary units in 2000. While general readers will probably appreciate the chronological versus thematic organization; both general readers and specialists will probably notice a gap in that the author did not include an introduction to this edition. While the conc lusion of the book is not wanting, an introduction in which readers can be keyed into the major topics and themes would have been extremely helpful
