Colonel Gary Solis (6 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Gentle shelf wear. Pages are clean and free from markings or creases. Binding is tight and spine is crease-free. BP/Vietnam War.

Hardcover. Condition: VG. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; creases/chips/closed tears. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; some yellowing; overall clean & tight. 293 pages.

Larger Format Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. 1st Edition. HEAVY, SO MAY BE SUBJECT TO OVERSEAS POSTAL SURCHARGE. Light foxing to fep. Some light rippling to occasional pages. D/w rubbed and loose, in protective cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Hardcover. 1989. Book is in Very Good Plus condition. Dust Jacket light wear else Very Good. 295 pages. Letter from a Brigadier General laid in. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall; 295 pages.

Dust Jacket Condition: dj. First Edition. First Printing. 4to. 27cm x 21cm. Publisher's green cloth. Dustjacket. Titled and decorated to spine and front board, with the USMC globe and anchor in gilt. Pictorial dustjacket bright and clean, with some marginal wear and chipping, most visibly to spine ends and the lower edge of the rear panel, which has a fingernail sized triangle of loss and a small closed tear. A very good, strong copy. 295pp. Internally clean. A candid record of the challenges and unprecedented cirumstances the USMC legal department in Vietnam had to deal with. Fragging of unpopular officers, casual murder of Vietnamese civilians, sexual assault, massive amounts of theft and graft, and a drug problem (that obviously gives rise to a flourishing drugs trade) that was so widespread and serious that it threatened to destabilise the entire system of military law were all handled by somewhere in the region of 500 men and women of the Navy and Marines legal teams between 1965 and 1973. Many of the lawyers involved in cases in Vietnam were also combat personnel fighting on the ground and practising military law in addition to their regular duties, meaning that they were probably more qualified to defend and prosecute the men under their charge than just about any body of lawyers in history.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This is the second of a series of functional volumes on the Marine Corps' participation in the Vietnam War, which will complement the nine-volume operational and chronological series also underway. This particular history examines the Marine Corps lawyer's role in Vietnam and how that role evolved. Also considered is the effectiveness of the Uniform Code of Military Justice in a combat environment. Military law functioned in Vietnam. but was it acceptably efficient and effective? There were several thousand courts-martial tried by the 400 Marine Corps lawyers who served in Vietnam. Those trials stand as testament to the Marines, officer and enlisted, who made the justice system yield results through their work, dedication, and refusal to allow the circumstances of Vietnam to deter them. Did the military justice system really work? The reader can be the judge, for both successes and failures are depicted here. This book presents a straightforward and unflinching examination of painful subjects. Marine lawyers in Vietnam came to legal grips with drug use, racism, fragging, and the murder of noncombatants, along with the variety of offenses more usually encountered. The Marine Corps can take pride in the commanders and the judge advocates who ensured that whenever those crimes were discovered they were exposed and vigorously prosecuted. There were no cover-ups; no impediments to the judge advocates who conscientiously represented the accused or the United States. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.