Reluctant Lieutenant: From Basic to OCS in the Sixties (Volume 94) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)

Morton, Jerome

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Texas A&M University Press, USA, 2004

158544359X / 9781585443598

Série : Livre 33 sur 101 - Williams-Ford Texas A&M Uni6versity Military History

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A very close to new copy. With intimidating tales of bellowing drill instructors and their seemingly incongruous tasks, "Reluctant Lieutenant captures the essence of what it meant to survive the training regimen of the Old Army. Author Jerry Morton is as much at home describing blind navigation through the woods on a dark night as recounting the perils of smuggling a skin flick into his barracks at OCS. In this memoir, Morton reconstructs his reluctant journey through basic training, advanced infantry training, and infantry Officer Candidate School during the Vietnam era. His is a unique record of what it was like to be a conscript in the US. Army in the late 1960S.Morton's account also provides a roadmap, to the sociology and culture of the military, especially the class system that divided college graduates from those with less education or economic stature yet did not override a solidarity in the field. He describes his disappointment and discomfort at being "killed" during training ambushes. But he also shows how someone with a master's degree in psychology could adapt to an environment in which the army did the thinking and the soldier the doing. However unintentional, by the end of his journey Morton was no longer a civilian but an officer, adept at army gamesmanship and ready for command. This book offers an informative foray into the training system used during the Vietnam era, and veterans of the Old Army will find their memories kindled.

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Titre
Reluctant Lieutenant: From Basic to OCS in the Sixties (Volume 94) (Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series)
Auteur
Morton, Jerome
Éditeur
Texas A&M University Press, USA
Année de publication
2004
État de l'article
Near Fine
Reliure
Soft cover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
158544359X
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9781585443598
Édition
1st Edition
Dimensions
8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
Série
Livre 33 sur 101: Williams-Ford Texas A&M Uni6versity Military History
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Autobiography, History, Military

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