The U.S. Marine Corps in Crisis: Ribbon Creek and Recruit Training - Couverture souple

Fleming, Keith

 
9781570038846: The U.S. Marine Corps in Crisis: Ribbon Creek and Recruit Training

Synopsis

In 1956 a Marine drill instructor led his recruit platoon on a punitive night march across Ribbon Creek, a tidal stream at the Parris Island, South Carolina, recruit depot. Six men drowned, and the resulting court-martial became a national media sensation putting the future of the corps into question. Written by a senior historian at the Marine Corps Historical Center, The U.S. Marine Corps in Crisis explores the social, political, and historical context of this tragic moment in U.S. military history as a case study in how bureaucratic institutions undertake internal reform and offering a valuable vantage point on tensions in American society during the 1950s.

Les informations fournies dans la section « Synopsis » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

À propos de l?auteur

Keith Fleming holds a Ph.D. in American military history from Ohio State University. He is a former U.S. Marine officer who commanded a rifle platoon in the U.S. intervention in the Domincan Republic in 1965 and the following year assumed command of a rifle company in the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam.

Les informations fournies dans la section « A propos du livre » peuvent faire référence à une autre édition de ce titre.

Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780872496354: The U.S. Marine Corps in Crisis: Ribbon Creek and Recruit Training

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  087249635X ISBN 13 :  9780872496354
Editeur : University of South Carolina Press, 2006
Couverture rigide