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Beschreibung
In addition to port security, ship inspection and safety, law enforcement, and search and rescue, the U.S. Coast Guard assumes an important role in national defense at home and abroad. To that end, the Coast Guard has carried out separate and coordinated missions with other armed forces from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, and North Polar region. This chronicle of the Coast Guard's contributions to national defense examines participation in World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. Among the topics explored are defense threats, drug trafficking, and border security, as well as Coast Guard personnel, training, leadership, and assets.
In addition to port security, ship inspection and safety, law enforcement, and search and rescue, the U.S. Coast Guard assumes an important role in national defense at home and abroad. To that end, the Coast Guard has carried out separate and coordinated missions with other armed forces from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, and North Polar region. This chronicle of the Coast Guard's contributions to national defense examines participation in World War I, World War II, Korea, the Cold War, Vietnam, and the War on Terror. Among the topics explored are defense threats, drug trafficking, and border security, as well as Coast Guard personnel, training, leadership, and assets.
Über den Autor
A member of the United States Coast Guard Reserve from 1961 to 1969, Thomas P. Ostrom taught anthropology, geography, and history at Rochester Community College in Minnesota before retiring. He is a member of the U.S. Navy Memorial and the Naval Historical Foundation.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Commander Gary M. Thomas, USCG
Preface
Introduction

1. The Coast Guard: 1790 to World War I

2. World War II on Land, Sea and Air

3. Korea: The Forgotten Cold War Conflict

4. The Cold War from America to Vietnam

5. Logistics and Tactics in Indochina

6. Cold War, Terror and Interdiction

7. National Defense on the Great Lakes

8. Natural Disasters and the War on Terror

9. Coast Guard Aviation and National Defense

10. Homeland Security

11. The Coast Guard in Kosovo, Iraq, and the Persian Gulf

12. Port Security, Pirates and Commandos

13. Budgets, Assets, Missions and Training

14. The Arctic and National Security

15. The Coast Guard Heritage

Appendix A: Team Coast Guard and Commandants to 1990
Appendix B: Team Coast Guard and Commandants, 1990 to 2010
Appendix C: Always Ready: Coast Guard Personnel
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780786464807
ISBN-10: 0786464801
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Ostrom, Thomas P.
Hersteller: McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 229 x 152 x 17 mm
Von/Mit: Thomas P. Ostrom
Erscheinungsdatum: 30.10.2011
Gewicht: 0,459 kg
Artikel-ID: 129726509