Underdogs : : The Making of the Modern Marine Corps /

Underdogs : : The Making of the Modern Marine Corps / / Aaron B. O'Connell.

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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...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter E-BOOK GESAMTPAKET / COMPLETE PACKAGE 2012
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O'Connell, Aaron B.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 24 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Introduction: Culture Warriors
  • 1 A Harsh and Spiritual Unity
  • 2 The Privates' War and the Home Front in the 1940s
  • 3 The Politicians and the Guerrillas
  • 4 Forgetting Korea
  • 5 First to Fight in the 1950s
  • 6 Rise of the Amphibious Force-in-Readiness
  • Conclusion: Marine Corps Culture since 1965
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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