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The globe and anchor men : U.S. Marines and American manhood in the Great War era / Mark Ryland Folse.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Folse, Mark R., author.
- Series:
- Modern war studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Marine Corps--History--World War, 1914-1918.
- United States.
- World War, 1914-1918--Social aspects--United States.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- Masculinity--United States--History--20th century.
- Masculinity.
- Sociology, Military--United States--History--20th century.
- Sociology, Military.
- United States. Marine Corps.
- Social aspects.
- Genre:
- History
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 397 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- U.S. Marines and American manhood in the Great War era
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2024]
- 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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Marine Corps identity
- Elements of the U.S.M.C.
- With hard two-fisted hands
- The Great War
- A sure nough man
- The cleanest nd strongest of our young manhood
- Impact of war and counterinsurgency
- Tropicalitis
- An invitation to brave men
- To build up a class of men
- The Marine Corps tries to make men.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Folse, Mark R.. Globe and anchor men
- ISBN:
- 9780700636259
- 0700636250
- OCLC:
- 1407215335
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