The first biography since Burke Davis's uncritical Marine! (1962), this engrossing biography by Hoffman (Marine Corps Historical Ctr.) effectively portrays "Chesty" Puller (1898-1971) as an enduring icon of the U.S. Marine Corps. His 37-year career included engagements with bandits in Haiti, rebels in Nicaragua, Japanese Imperial forces on Guadalcanal, New Britain, and Peliliu, and North Korean and Red Chinese armies in Korea. Puller's legendary reputation is based on fearlessness, uncompromising leadership, and an ability to gain the respect and affection of his enlisted men. The author celebrates these qualities but also offers a balanced discussion of Chesty's more questionable traits, like his continuing disparagement of staff officers and military education courses and his penchant for costly frontal assaults against an entrenched enemy. Tender family correspondence allows readers to get beyond Puller's crusty exterior. Hoffman's research efforts into untapped sources, map selections, and detailed battlefield accounts are the cardinal strengths of this definitive biography. Recommended for military collections in all libraries. John C. Edwards, Univ. of Georgia Libs., Athens
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