U.S. Marine Corps in Crisis

Ribbon Creek and Recruit Training

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

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Beskrivning

This book describes the history of a tragic event in USMC history and of how its impact led to reforms. 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.

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Utgivningsdatum:2009-11-15
Mått:152 x 228 x 10 mm
Vikt:280 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:168
Förlag:University of South Carolina Press
ISBN:9781570038846

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Keith Fleming holds a Ph.D. in American military history from Ohio State University. He is a retired 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.

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This is much more than the story of one lone drill instructor's misguided attempt to instill discipline into his platoon. Rather it is a look at the Marine Corps, at recruit training in particular, as an institution and at how changes in the institution allowed an incident like Ribbon Creek to happen. - Marine Corps Gazette ""Fleming brings a knowledgeable eye and a discerning sense to Marine boot camp, an American institution that is much discussed but little studied or understood."" - Infantry