The globe and anchor men : U.S. Marines and American manhood in the Great War era /
"By examining how the Marine Corps' culture, public image, and esteem within US society evolved, Mark Folse demonstrates that that the American people measured the Marines' usefulness not only in terms of military readiness - something Heather Venable explored in her 2019 book How the...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
[2024]
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| Series: | Modern war studies.
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| Summary: | "By examining how the Marine Corps' culture, public image, and esteem within US society evolved, Mark Folse demonstrates that that the American people measured the Marines' usefulness not only in terms of military readiness - something Heather Venable explored in her 2019 book How the Few Became the Proud - but also according to standards of manliness set by popular culture and by the Marines themselves. The Marines claimed to recruit the finest specimens of American manhood and make them even better: strong, brave, and morally upright. They claimed the Marine would be a man with a wealth of travel and experience behind him. He would be a proud and worthy citizen who had earned respect through his years of service, training, and struggle in the Marine Corps. Becoming a Marine benefited the man, and the new Marine benefited the nation. As men became manlier the country did, too"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 398 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780700636259 0700636250 |