Shipping list no.: 2023-0165-P. In scope of the U.S. Government Publishing Office Cataloging and Indexing Program (C&I) and Federal Depository Library Program (FDLP). Includes bibliographical references (pages 410-415) and index.
Contents:
Professional Military Education in Context -- Early History of The Basic School -- Sea Service Heritage -- Land Warfare Doctrine and Fort Benning -- League Island in the 1920s -- League Island in the 1930s -- A Personal View of the Shared Experience: Class of 1937-38 Case Study -- Origin of an Ethos.
Summary:
"From early in the modern history of the Marine Corps, The Basic School (TBS) has played an enormously important role in acculturating Marine officers in the profession of arms. Author Jennifer Mazzara's exhaustive and detailed research, which included examining the curricula of prewar TBS, shows that the TBS product, the Marine lieutenant, was fundamental to the early victories of the Second World War. As the only basic-level post-commissioning school in the United States that imparts a generalist education, rather than specialist training, TBS is unique among the military schools operated by the U.S. armed forces. Its distinctiveness stems from two primary features: its structure, and what it provides to its graduates. This history reveals TBS's essential qualities during the interwar period, but it also illuminates the timeless and immutable reality and necessity of this institution that has bound generations of Marine officers to each other and to the Corps"-- Provided by publisher.
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