Making the Corps
by Ricks, Thomas
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0684848171
- ISBN 13
- 9780684848174
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About This Item
New York: Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, 1998. First Thus. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" tall. First Touchstone Edition, 1998. Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. 16 pages of b/w photographs on glossy paper. Frontis: map of Parris Island. Clean and unmarked wraps with slight wear to corners, faintly toned, completely clean pages, tight and solid glued binding. The story of boot camp Platoon 3086, the Marine Corps. and America. Sixty-three men came to Parris Island, South Carolina, to become Marines. Not all of them made it. Thomas Ricks provides a thoughtful comparison between the Corps of today and the past, and between the Corps and the U.S.Army, and insightful speculation on the future of the Corps. 320 pages, indexed. 8.5" x 5.5". 1998, Touchstone/Simon & Schuster, New York
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- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 027579
- Title
- Making the Corps
- Author
- Ricks, Thomas
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Thus
- ISBN 10
- 0684848171
- ISBN 13
- 9780684848174
- Publisher
- Touchstone/Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1998
- Size
- 8vo - over 7?" - 9?" t
- Keywords
- MILITARY WAR PARRIS ISLAND MARINES BOOT CAMP
- Bookseller catalogs
- War;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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