Underdogs The Making of the Modern Marine Corps

Name: Underdogs The Making of the Modern Marine Corps
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ISBN: 9780674058279

ISBN-10: 0674058275

ISBN-13: 9780674058279

Edition: 2012

Authors: Aaron B. O'Connell

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The Marine Corps has always considered itself a branch 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…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/29/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface


Introduction: Culture Warriors



A Harsh and Spiritual Unity



The Privates' War and the Home Front in the 1940s



The Politicians and the Guerrillas



Forgetting Korea



First to Fight in the 1950s



Rise of the Amphibious Force-in-Readiness


Conclusion: Marine Corps Culture since 1965


Abbreviations


Notes


Acknowledgments


Index