Making the Corps

Ricks, Thomas E.

ISBN 10: 0684831090 / ISBN 13: 9780684831091

Published by Scribner, 1997

About this Item

320 pages, photos, index, Near fine hardcover first edition in duct jacket.

Seller Inventory # SCM1644

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making the Corps
• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication Date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684831090
• ISBN 13: 9780684831091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • USMC

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Synopsis

Semper Fi. The few, the proud. From the halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli. Once a Marine, always a Marine. The United States Marine Corps, with its fiercely proud tradition of excellence in combat, its hallowed rituals, and its unbending code of honor, is part of the fabric of American myth. No other group in America leaves so deep and permanent a mark on its members. Today, though, the Marine Corps feels increasingly besieged, at war with a new kind of enemy the vast social and political forces that it feels threaten to destroy its values. Making the Corps visits the front lines of that war: boot camp, Parris Island, South Carolina, "where the difference begins." Here, old values are stripped away and new, Marine Corps values, forged. Acclaimed military journalist Thomas E. Ricks follows sixty-three raw recruits, the men of recruit platoon 3086, from their hometowns to Parris Island, through boot camp, and into their first year as Marines. As three fierce drill instructors fight a battle for the hearts and minds of this unforgettable group of young men, a larger picture emerges, brilliantly painted, of the growing gulf that divides the military from the rest of America.

About the Author

Thomas Ricks is one of America's most esteemed military journalists. A Wall Street Journal Pentagon correspondent, he has been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize and awarded a Society of Professional Journalists Award for his writing on the Marines. He lectures widely to military officers and is a member of Harvard University's Senior Advisory Council on the Project on U.S. Civil-Military Relations. He lives outside of Washington D.C. with his wife and two children.