In this Book

Shared Experience
buy this book Buy This Book in Print
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.

Table of Contents

Download PDF Download Full Book Download EPUB Download Full EPUB
  1. Cover
  2. open access
  1. Title page, Copyright
  2. pp. i-iv
  3. open access
  1. Dedication
  2. pp. v-vi
  3. open access
  1. Epigraph
  2. pp. vii-viii
  3. open access
  1. Contents
  2. pp. ix-x
  3. open access
  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xi-xvi
  3. open access
  1. Preface. Methodology: Primary Sources and Collections
  2. pp. xvii-2
  3. open access
  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 3-27
  3. open access
  1. Chapter 1. Professional Military Education in Context
  2. pp. 28-59
  3. open access
  1. Chapter 2. Early History of The Basic School
  2. pp. 60-99
  3. open access
  1. Chapter 3. Sea Service Heritage
  2. pp. 100-125
  3. open access
  1. Chapter 4. Land Warfare Doctrine and Fort Benning
  2. pp. 126-156
  3. open access
  1. Chapter 5. League Island in the 1920s
  2. pp. 157-224
  3. open access
  1. Chapter 6. League Island in the 1930s
  2. pp. 225-271
  3. open access
  1. Chapter 7. A Personal View of the Shared Experience: Class of 1937-38 Case Study
  2. pp. 272-305
  3. open access
  1. Conclusion. Origin of an Ethos
  2. pp. 306-312
  3. open access
  1. Appendix A. Biographical Notes on Instructors
  2. pp. 313-340
  3. open access
  1. Appendix B. Staff and Students from the Marine Corps Muster Rolls
  2. pp. 341-372
  3. open access
  1. Appendix C. Biographical Note for First Lieutenant Anthony A. Frances
  2. pp. 373-376
  3. open access
  1. Appendix D. Marine Corps History Division
  2. pp. 377-378
  3. open access
  1. Appendix E. Full-format Sample of Fort Benning Infantry School Curriculum
  2. pp. 379-381
  3. open access
  1. Appendix F. Books Written by or about League Island Students and Staff
  2. pp. 382-385
  3. open access
  1. Appendix G. MH-5, Books for Recommended Reading (1933-34)
  2. pp. 386-406
  3. open access
  1. Reflections on The Basic School
  2. pp. 407-409
  3. open access
  1. Selected Bibliography
  2. pp. 410-416
  3. open access
  1. Index
  2. pp. 417-420
  3. open access
  1. About the Author
  2. pp. 421-422
  3. open access
Back To Top