Resources

Recommended Reading:

Bailey, Thomas. A Diplomatic History of the American People. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1990.

Boyer, Paul S., Clifford E. Clark, Karen Halttunen, Joseph F. Kett, and Neal Salisbury. The Enduring Vision. New York:
Houghton Publishers, 2005.

Langley, Lester D. The Banana Wars: United States Intervention in the Caribbean, 1898–1934. University Press of
Kentucky, 1983.

Striffler, Steve, and Mark Moberg, eds. Banana Wars: Power, Production, and History in the Americas. Durham, NC: Duke
University Press, 2013.

Simmons, Edwin H. The United States Marines: A History. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2003

The Marine Corps Aviation The Early Years 1912 - 1940.

The Marine Air-Ground Task Force in Nicaragua, 1927-33: A Campaign Against Sandino's Counterinsurgency by Lt. Col Michael D. Russ, USMC

Semper Fidelis: 250 Years of U.S. Marine Corps Honor, Courage and Commitment by the Marine Corps History Division

Recommended Sites for Future Research:

The National Archives holdings include records of US Marines in Nicaragua.

The United States Marine Corps, History Division, Archives Branch has a wealth of primary and secondary resources available. View their Finding Aid here.