The United States Coast Guard and National Defense: A History from World War I to the Present

by Thomas P. Ostrom and Uscg Gary Thomas

In addition to port security, ship inspection and safety, law enforcement, and search and rescue, the U.S. Coast Guard assumes an important role in national defense at home and abroad. To that end, the Coast Guard has carried out separate and coordinated missions with other armed forces from the Great Lakes to the Atlantic, Pacific, Gulf of Mexico, Mediterranean, Persian Gulf, and North Polar region. This chronicle of the Coast Guard's contributions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786464801
• ISBN13: 9780786464807
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher