The rise of the early modern Marine Corps and World War I / Paul Westermeyer --
Military professionalism: the case of the U.S. Marine officer corps, 1880-1898 / Jack Shulimson --
Teddy Roosevelt and the Corps' sea-going mission / Jack Shulimson and Graham A. Cosmas --
Defining the duties of the United States Marine Corps / President Theodore Roosevelt --
Marine Corps officers' physical fitness / President Theodore Roosevelt
A plea for a mission and doctrine /
Barnett letter to Oliver / Major General Commandant George Barnett --
Authorization to enroll women Marines / Josephus Daniels, Secretary of the Navy --
The Great War crucible / Brigadier General Edwin H. Simmons --
Through the wheat to the beaches beyond: the lasting impact of the Battle for Belleau Wood / General Charles C. Krulak --
Clifton Bledsoe Cates biography --
The lessons of World War II and Korea / Paul Westermeyer --
Value of aviation to the Marine Corps / Major Alfred A. Cunningham --
Advanced base operations in Micronesia, FMFRP 12-46 / Major Earl H. Ellis --
The U.S. Marine Corps, amphibious capabilities, and preparations for war with Japan / David J. Ulbrich, PhD --
The role of marine and shore-based naval air at Guadalcanal: some lessons for today / Major Philip F. Shutler --
Letter from Smith to Cates on Chosin Reservoir / Major General Oliver P. Smith --
Equitatus caeli / Colonel Keith B. McCutcheon --
The "afloat-ready battalion": the development of the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Amphibious Ready Group/Marine Expeditionary Unit, 1898-1978 / Colonel Douglas E. Nash Sr. --
Merritt Austin Edson biography --
The manpower renaissance / Paul Westermeyer --
The impact of Project 100,000 on the Marine Corps / Captain David A. Dawson --
Pathbreakers: dealing with race - the 1970s / Fred H. Allison, PhD, and Colonel Kurtis P. Wheeler --
Truly a "new Corps" / Larry James --
Your forever experience / Robert Church --
Emphasis on professionalism for a new generation of Marines / General Louis H. Wilson --
The personnel campaign issue is no longer in doubt / Lieutenant General Bernard E. Trainor --
Frank E. Petersen Jr. biography --
The operational and educational renaissance / Paul Westermeyer --
General Alfred M. Gray's training and education letter --
Warfighting, Fleet Marine Forces Manual 1 philosophy of command --
The NCO and maneuver warfare / / Captains William H. Weber IV and David J. Furness --
Expeditionary airfields / Major General Terrence R. Dake --
It's not nice and neat / Lieutenant General Anthony C. Zinni --
The Crucible: building warriors for the 21st century / General Charles C. Krulak --
Preparing the Marine Corps for war / General Charles C. Krulak --
Up to the challenge: women's training in today's Marine Corps / Colonel Nancy P. Anderson --
1st Marine Division (Rein) commanding general's message to all hands / Major General James N. Mattis --
An open letter to the "young turks" / Lieutenant General Robert B. Neller --
Anthony C. Zinni biography --
Appendix. Historiography for Marines: how Marines should read and understand history / Paul Westermeyer.