Author: Robert UhlPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
A young artist takes on a venerable genre.
Christopher Blossom & The Marine Tradition
Author: Robert UhlPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 9
Book Description
A young artist takes on a venerable genre.
America, History and Life
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 894
Book Description
Provides historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Includes information abstracted from over 2,000 journals published worldwide.
Biography Index
Author: Bea JosephPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biography
Languages : en
Pages : 1052
Book Description
A cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines.
American Artist
Author: Sea History
Author: Underdogs
Author: Aaron B. O'ConnellPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674067444
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
The Marine Corps has always considered itself a breed apart. Since 1775, America’s smallest armed service has been suspicious of outsiders and deeply loyal to its traditions. Marines believe in nothing more strongly than the Corps’ uniqueness and superiority, and this undying faith in its own exceptionalism is what has made the Marines one of the sharpest, swiftest tools of American military power. Along with unapologetic self-promotion, a strong sense of identity has enabled the Corps to exert a powerful influence on American politics and culture. Aaron O’Connell focuses on the period from World War II to Vietnam, when the Marine Corps transformed itself from America’s least respected to its most elite armed force. He describes how the distinctive Marine culture played a role in this ascendancy. Venerating sacrifice and suffering, privileging the collective over the individual, Corps culture was saturated with romantic and religious overtones that had enormous marketing potential in a postwar America energized by new global responsibilities. Capitalizing on this, the Marines curried the favor of the nation’s best reporters, befriended publishers, courted Hollywood and Congress, and built a public relations infrastructure that would eventually brand it as the most prestigious military service in America. But the Corps’ triumphs did not come without costs, and O’Connell writes of those, too, including a culture of violence that sometimes spread beyond the battlefield. And as he considers how the Corps’ interventions in American politics have ushered in a more militarized approach to national security, O’Connell questions its sustainability.
Traditions of the U.S. Marines
Author: United States. Marine CorpsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 11
Book Description
American Heritage 50-year Cumulative Index
Author: The Woodenboat
Author: Ed Monk and the Tradition of Classic Boats
Author: Bet OliverPublisher: TouchWood Editions
ISBN: 9780920663608
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
The comfortable and beautiful boats designed by Ed Monk have been treasured-for cruising, working and living aboard-since the 1920s. From interviews with those who knew Ed Monk personally, and those who own his boats today, this book is in part a biography of the man and in part the story of his creations.