Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     
Acronyms and Abbreviations     

1. Origins of a Mission, 1798–1900     
2. “Our Flag’s Unfurled to Every Breeze”: Marine Legation Guards from China to Nicaragua, 1900–1940     
3. Ashore and Afloat: The Marines and Service with the Department of State, 1904–1945     
4. A New Mission: Marine Embassy Security Guards and the Memorandum of Agreement, 1946–1954     
5. The Early Years: Revolutions, Coups, Civil Wars, 1949–1964     
6. Embassy Guards at War: Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, 1962–1975     
7. Standing Watch Over a Troubled World, 1961–1979     
8. Embassies at War and in Peace, 1979–1991     
9. Coups, Non-Combatant Evacuations, and the War on Terror, 1991–2007     
10. Not Just Fitting In ... But Standing Out: Marine Security Guard School, 1979–2004     
11. “Our Marines”: A Retrospective     

Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index