Print version: Venable, Heather How the Few Became the Proud La Vergne : Naval Institute Press,c2019 ISBN 9781682474686
"Well balanced and thoroughly researched, Heather Venable’s study offers crucial new insight into how the United States Marine Corps truly shaped its institutional identity and made itself a permanent fixture in the nation’s defense and the loyalty of its citizens." --Bradford A. Wineman, professor of military history, Marine Corps University..