Making the Corps

Ricks, Thomas

ISBN 10: 0684848171 / ISBN 13: 9780684848174

Published by Scribner, 1998

About this Item

Book is clean and tight. Signed by author to named individual "With respect for you and your Corps". I bought at individual's estate sale. ; 8.40 X 5.50 X 0.90 inches; 320 pages; Signed by Author.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Making the Corps
• Publisher: Scribner
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0684848171
• ISBN 13: 9780684848174
• Binding: Softcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Military History

About this title

Synopsis

Making the Corps visits the front lines of boot camp, Parris Island, South Carolina. Here, old values are stripped away and new, Marine Corps values are forged. Acclaimed military journalist Thomas E. Ricks follows these men from their hometowns, 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 E. Ricks is The Washington Post's senior Pentagon correspondent. A member of two Pulitzer Prize-winning teams for national reporting, he has reported on U.S. military activities in Somalia, Haiti, Korea, Bosnia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Kuwait, Turkey, Afghanistan, and Iraq. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Fiasco: The American Military Adventure in Iraq and A Soldier's Duty.