Underdogs [electronic resource] : the making of the modern Marine Corps / Aaron B. O'Connell.
O'Connell, Aaron B., 1973-
2012
VE23 .O25 2012eb
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Title Underdogs [electronic resource] : the making of the modern Marine Corps / Aaron B. O'Connell.
Author O'Connell, Aaron B., 1973-
ISBN 9780674067448 electronic book
0674058275
9780674058279
Imprint Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xiii, 381 p.)
Call Number VE23 .O25 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 359.9/609730904
Summary "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."--Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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A harsh and spiritual unity
The privates' war and the homefront 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.

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