Backbone
Subtitle: history, traditions and leadership lessons of Marine Corps NCOs / Julia D. Dye
Publisher: Osprey Pub.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Botley, Oxford, UK; Long Island City, NY, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781849085489; 9781849089203; 9781849088978
Subjects: United States; United States. Marine Corps; Marines; Leadership; Non-commissioned officers
Other titles: History, traditions and leadership lessons of Marine Corps NCOs
Description: Dye explores the cadre of non-commissioned officers that make up the Marine Corps' system of small unit leadership. She examines the 14 traits embraced by every NCO. To assemble this chronicle, the author interviewed dozens of Marines and mined the trove of historical and modern NCO heroes that comprise the Marine Corps' astonishing legacy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-229) and index.