How the Few Became the Proud: Crafting the Marine Corps Mystique 1874-1918

How the Few Became the Proud: Crafting the Marine Corps Mystique 1874-1918
ISBN-10
1682474682
ISBN-13
9781682474686
Category
Marines
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2019-11-15
Publisher
Transforming War
Author
Heather P. Venable

Description

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.

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