Making The Corps is perhaps the best work yet to explore the transformation from raw civilian meat to proud Marine warrior. The book captures the intensity and emotion that makes Marine boot camp the finest basic military training in America. If you are looking to rekindle the sensations of your boot camp experience or are contemplating joining the Marines, this book is for you.
I am most suprised at how brilliantly Ricks conveys the intricacies of Marine Corps society. He understands the wide gap that seperates Marine from civilain and the values that govern the life of a Marine.
Where Boot by Daniel Da Cruz, another Marine boot camp story, failed to do its job, Making The Corps flourished. In Boot, Da Cruz ends the story immediately following graduation. Ricks shows the reader how different life is for new Marines after they have undergone the transformation at boot camp. He follows the stories of the recruits and DIs after graduation, back to their homes and new posts. This, I believe, is what does the job of conveying the nature of the Marine Corps way of life.
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