First to Fight (Bluejacket Books Series): An Inside View of the U.S. Marine Corps

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Marine general Victor "Brute" Krulak offers here a riveting insiders's chronicle of U.S. Marines - their fights on the battlefield and off, and their extraordinary esprit de corps. He not only takes a close look at the Marine experience during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam - wars in which Krulak was himself a participant - but also examines the foundation on which the Corps is built. In doing so, he helps answer the question of what it means to be a Marine and how the Corps has maintained such a consistently outstanding reputation.
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Overview

Marine general Victor "Brute" Krulak offers here a riveting insiders's chronicle of U.S. Marines - their fights on the battlefield and off, and their extraordinary esprit de corps. He not only takes a close look at the Marine experience during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam - wars in which Krulak was himself a participant - but also examines the foundation on which the Corps is built. In doing so, he helps answer the question of what it means to be a Marine and how the Corps has maintained such a consistently outstanding reputation.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781557504647
  • Publisher: Naval Institute Press
  • Publication date: 3/28/1999
  • Pages: 252
  • Sales rank: 62,359
  • Series: Bluejacket Books Series
  • Product dimensions: 5.90 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction 1
I The Thinkers 15
II The Innovators 67
III The Improvisers 111
IV The Penny Pinchers 141
V The Brothers 155
VI The Fighters 175
Conclusion 222
Notes 228
Bibliographic Essay 235
Index 245

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