Mainly built around a series of articles looking at the early history
of the US Marine Corps and the Royal Marines in the period around the
Napoleonic Wars. An interesting mix of articles, ranging from the
American campaigns against the Barbary Pirates to the life of an officer
stranded ashore in Dorset, taking in many of the major campaigns of
the period, and in particular Trafalgar. Includes a splendid selection
of illustrations, most memorably those produced by one naval officer to
illustrate his career
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