Author: William D. Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A Concise History of the United States Marine Corps, 1775-1969
Author: William D. Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 162
Book Description
A Concise History of the United States Marine Corps, 1775-1969
Author: William D. Parker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 143
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Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 143
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How the Few Became the Proud
Author: Heather Venable
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682474828
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
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 it turned to an image to ensure its institutional survival. The process by which a maligned group of nineteenth-century naval policemen began to consider themselves to be elite warriors benefited from the active engagement of Marine officers with the Corps' historical record as justification for its very being. Rather than look forward and actively seek out a mission that could secure their existence, late nineteenth-century Marines looked backward and embraced the past. They began to justify their existence by invoking their institutional traditions, their many martial engagements, and their claim to be the nation's oldest and proudest military institution. This led them to celebrate themselves as superior to soldiers and sailors. Although there are countless works on this hallowed fighting force, How the Few Became the Proud is the first to explore how the Marine Corps crafted such powerful myths.
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1682474828
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
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 it turned to an image to ensure its institutional survival. The process by which a maligned group of nineteenth-century naval policemen began to consider themselves to be elite warriors benefited from the active engagement of Marine officers with the Corps' historical record as justification for its very being. Rather than look forward and actively seek out a mission that could secure their existence, late nineteenth-century Marines looked backward and embraced the past. They began to justify their existence by invoking their institutional traditions, their many martial engagements, and their claim to be the nation's oldest and proudest military institution. This led them to celebrate themselves as superior to soldiers and sailors. Although there are countless works on this hallowed fighting force, How the Few Became the Proud is the first to explore how the Marine Corps crafted such powerful myths.
United States Naval History
Author: United States. Department of the Navy. Library
Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Publisher:
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Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 114
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Marine Corps Historical Publications Catalog
Author: United States. Marine Corps. History and Museums Division
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Marines
Author: Chester G. Hearn
Publisher: Zenith Imprint
ISBN: 9781610600248
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
Publisher: Zenith Imprint
ISBN: 9781610600248
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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Progress and Purpose
Author: Kenneth J. Clifford
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 174
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Marine Corps Historical Reference Pamphlet
Author: United States. Marine Corps
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 60
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Writing guide
Author: Marine Corps Historical Center (U.S.)
Publisher:
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Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Category : Authorship
Languages : en
Pages : 140
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Quantico, Crossroads of the Marine Corps
Author: Charles A. Fleming
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 172
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