@article{10.4159/harvard.9780674067448,
      recid = {1403948},
      author = {O'Connell, Aaron B.,},
      title = {Underdogs the making of the modern Marine Corps /  [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Harvard University Press,},
      address = {Cambridge, Massachusetts :},
      number = {10.4159/harvard.9780674067448},
      pages = {1 online resource (xiii, 381 p.)},
      year = {2012},
      abstract = {"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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1403948},
}