How the Few Became the Proud: Crafting the Marine Corps Mystique, 1874-1918
(Part of the Transforming War Series)
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For more than half of its existence, members of the Marine Corps largely self-identified as soldiers. It did not yet mean something distinct to be a Marine, either to themselves or to the public at large. As neither a land-based organization like the Army nor an entirely sea-based one like the Navy, the Corps' missions overlapped with both institutions. This work argues that the Marine Corps could not and would not settle on a mission, and therefore...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1682474682
ISBN13:9781682474686
Release Date:December 2019
Publisher:US Naval Institute Press
Length:352 Pages
Weight:1.55 lbs.
Dimensions:1.2" x 6.2" x 9.0"
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