SLAYING THE DRAGON: Marines Retooling for Potential War with China

摘要

The island-hopping campaign against Japanese forces during World War II was perhaps the U.S. Marine Corps' finest hour. Today, Marines are trying to ready themselves for a potential conflagration against another Indo-Pacific adversary that has emerged as a great power competitor in the 21st century - China. After the 9/11 attacks and the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq, coun-terinsurgency became the service's main focus. But not anymore.