The U.S. Marine Corps in Crisis by Keith Fleming

University of South Carolina Press. Paperback. New. Paperback. 168 pages. Dimensions: 8.9in. x 5.9in. x 0.6in.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. This item ships from multiple locations. Your book may arrive from Roseburg,OR, La Vergne,TN.