The Royal Marines are respected all over the world as one of the truly elite fighting forces. Researched with the active co-operation of the Royal Marines, this is the official up-to-date history of the corps from the end of the First World War to the present day. The main campaigns are illustrated with maps and there is a comprehensive list of orders of battle and unit organisation. There have been many books published on the Royal Marines in the last ten to fifteen years, but this is the first to be written with the enthusiastic involvement of the Marines themselves. It is the most detailed account that will ever be available to the general public.