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Backbone : history, traditions and leadership lessons of Marine Corps NCOs / Julia D. Dye.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Botley, Oxford, UK ; Long Island City, NY, USA : Osprey Pub., c2011.Description: xx, 235 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781849085489 (hbk.)
  • 184908548X (hbk.)
Other title:
  • History, traditions and leadership lessons of Marine Corps NCOs
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 359.963380973 23
LOC classification:
  • VE23 .D94 2011
Other classification:
  • Sb
Summary: Dye explores the cadre of non-commissioned officers that make up the Marine Corps' system of small unit leadership. She examines the 14 traits embraced by every NCO. To assemble this chronicle, the author interviewed dozens of Marines and mined the trove of historical and modern NCO heroes that comprise the Marine Corps' astonishing legacy.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-229) and index.

Dye explores the cadre of non-commissioned officers that make up the Marine Corps' system of small unit leadership. She examines the 14 traits embraced by every NCO. To assemble this chronicle, the author interviewed dozens of Marines and mined the trove of historical and modern NCO heroes that comprise the Marine Corps' astonishing legacy.