Underdogs
Subtitle: the making of the modern Marine Corps
By: Aaron B. O'Connell
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge, Massachusetts
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780674058279
Subjects: United States; United States. Marine Corps; Military life; Military Sociology; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A harsh and spiritual unity; title: The privates' war and the homefront in the 1940s; title: The politicians and the guerrillas; title: Forgetting Korea; title: First to fight in the 1950s; title: Rise of the amphibious force-in-readiness; title: Conclusion: Marine Corps culture since 1965.