Making the Corps - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making the Corps write by Thomas E. Ricks. This book was released on 1998. Making the Corps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Inside the marine corps and what it takes to become "One of the few, the proud, the Marines."
Underdogs
Underdogs - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Underdogs write by Aaron B. O'Connell. This book was released on 2012-10-29. Underdogs available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Marine Corps has always considered itself a breed apart. Since 1775, America’s smallest armed service has been suspicious of outsiders and deeply loyal to its traditions. Marines believe in nothing more strongly than the Corps’ uniqueness and superiority, and this undying faith in its own exceptionalism is what has made the Marines one of the sharpest, swiftest tools of American military power. Along with unapologetic self-promotion, a strong sense of identity has enabled the Corps to exert a powerful influence on American politics and culture. Aaron O’Connell focuses on the period from World War II to Vietnam, when the Marine Corps transformed itself from America’s least respected to its most elite armed force. He describes how the distinctive Marine culture played a role in this ascendancy. Venerating sacrifice and suffering, privileging the collective over the individual, Corps culture was saturated with romantic and religious overtones that had enormous marketing potential in a postwar America energized by new global responsibilities. Capitalizing on this, the Marines curried the favor of the nation’s best reporters, befriended publishers, courted Hollywood and Congress, and built a public relations infrastructure that would eventually brand it as the most prestigious military service in America. But the Corps’ triumphs did not come without costs, and O’Connell writes of those, too, including a culture of violence that sometimes spread beyond the battlefield. And as he considers how the Corps’ interventions in American politics have ushered in a more militarized approach to national security, O’Connell questions its sustainability.
Making the Corps
Making the Corps - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Making the Corps write by Thomas E. Ricks. This book was released on 2007-07-31. Making the Corps available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "Sixty-three men came to Parris Island to become Marines. Not all of them made it. This is the story of boot camp Platoon 3086, the Marine Corps, and America."--Cover.
Preparing for Victory
Preparing for Victory - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Preparing for Victory write by David J Ulbrich. This book was released on 2011-04-15. Preparing for Victory available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Preparing for Victory explains how and why Commandant Thomas Holcomb successfully supervised the dramatic expansion of the Marine Corps from 18,000 officers and men in 1936 to 385,000 in 1943. Not only did Holcomb leave the Corps much larger, but he also helped establish it as the United States’ premier amphibious assault force and a major contributor to victory over Japan. Despite Holcomb’s successes, he has been ignored or given short shrift in most histories of the Marine Corps. No book-length study of his commandancy exists until now. Drawing on a wide range of printed and archival sources, my book contends that Holcomb expertly guided the Corps’ preparations for war during the last years of the Great Depression and then provided his “Leathernecks” with astute direction during the first harrowing twenty-five months of World War II. When measured with principles of organization theory and leadership studies, Holcomb’s abilities and achievements match those of such outstanding American military managers as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Chester W. Nimitz, and George C. Marshall. Like these unassuming yet efficient officers, Holcomb shied away from the limelight and therefore never garnered the attention that “Chesty” Puller or “Howlin’ Mad” Smith have. This book fills a void and tells the story of one of the key leaders in World War II. More than any other marine, Holcomb molded his Corps into the modern force-in-readiness that would eventually help fight the Cold War and the Global War on Terror.
The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street
The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street write by Ken Marlin. This book was released on 2016-08-30. The Marine Corps Way to Win on Wall Street available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A Marine-turned-investment banker applies the Corps' core principles to Wall Street and the world of business.
