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

by Fleming, Keith
ISBN: 9781570038846
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Overview

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.
  • Format: Trade Paperback
  • Author: Fleming, Keith
  • ISBN: 9781570038846
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.00 x 0.40
  • Number Of Pages: 150
  • Publication Year: 2009
Language: English