Washington’s Marines

A history of the US Marine Corps’ beginnings during the American Revolution. Winner, 2024 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award “Bohm has given us an excellent and useful book on the important contribution of Continental Marines and state Marines in pivotal campaigns of the American Revolutionary War.”—Dr. David Hackett Fischer, acclaimed author of Washington’s Crossing , Albion’s Seed , The Great Wave , and Paul Revere’s Ride The fighting prowess of United States Marines is second to none, but few