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- catalog abstract "Few men have had more impact on Marine Corps history than Earl Hancock "Pete" Ellis - and none have been more controversial. Sometimes called the father of amphibious warfare, he left behind a legacy tainted by subterfuge and mystery, and his suspicious death in Micronesia in 1923 has gone unexplained for more than seventy years. This book - the result of decades of research worldwide - provides the answers, often disputing long-accepted but unsubstantiated accounts of his life and death. Was Ellis poisoned by the Japanese secret police as many historians assert, or did he drink himself to death as islanders claim? What happened to his mission notes? Was the mission sanctioned by the top U.S. military officials? Did his plans and ideas help save the Marine Corps from extinction? These and many other questions about this brilliant but troubled Marine are answered and substantiated for the first time, using family papers, fitness reports, Japanese sources, and eyewitness interviews never before available. As this biography chronicles a tragic human drama, it also records the corps's transition from naval infantry to (after Ellis's death) an amphibious assault force that was the key to one of the greatest naval campaigns in history.".
- catalog contributor b10240277.
- catalog contributor b10240278.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Few men have had more impact on Marine Corps history than Earl Hancock "Pete" Ellis - and none have been more controversial. Sometimes called the father of amphibious warfare, he left behind a legacy tainted by subterfuge and mystery, and his suspicious death in Micronesia in 1923 has gone unexplained for more than seventy years. This book - the result of decades of research worldwide - provides the answers, often disputing long-accepted but unsubstantiated accounts of his life and death.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-192) and index.".
- catalog description "Was Ellis poisoned by the Japanese secret police as many historians assert, or did he drink himself to death as islanders claim? What happened to his mission notes? Was the mission sanctioned by the top U.S. military officials? Did his plans and ideas help save the Marine Corps from extinction? These and many other questions about this brilliant but troubled Marine are answered and substantiated for the first time, using family papers, fitness reports, Japanese sources, and eyewitness interviews never before available. As this biography chronicles a tragic human drama, it also records the corps's transition from naval infantry to (after Ellis's death) an amphibious assault force that was the key to one of the greatest naval campaigns in history.".
- catalog extent "xv, 200 p., [16] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Pete Ellis.".
- catalog identifier "1557500606 (acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Pete Ellis.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press,".
- catalog relation "Pete Ellis.".
- catalog subject "359.9/6/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "Amphibious warfare.".
- catalog subject "Ellis, Earl H., -1923.".
- catalog subject "Ellis, Earl H., 1880-1923.".
- catalog subject "United States. Marine Corps Biography.".
- catalog subject "VE25.E45 B35 1997".
- catalog title "Pete Ellis : an amphibious warfare prophet, 1880-1923 / Dirk Anthony Ballendorf and Merrill Lewis Bartlett.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".