How Long to Read How the Few Became the Proud

How Long Does it Take to Read How the Few Became the Proud?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 12 minutes to read How the Few Became the Proud by Heather Venable

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

For more than half of its existence, members of the Marine Corps largely self-identified as soldiers. It did not yet mean something distinct to be a Marine, either to themselves or to the public at large. As neither a land-based organization like the Army nor an entirely sea-based one like the Navy, the Corps' missions overlapped with both institutions. This work argues that the Marine Corps could not and would not settle on a mission, and therefore it turned to an image to ensure its institutional survival. The process by which a maligned group of nineteenth-century naval policemen began to consider themselves to be elite warriors benefited from the active engagement of Marine officers with the Corps' historical record as justification for its very being. Rather than look forward and actively seek out a mission that could secure their existence, late nineteenth-century Marines looked backward and embraced the past. They began to justify their existence by invoking their institutional traditions, their many martial engagements, and their claim to be the nation's oldest and proudest military institution. This led them to celebrate themselves as superior to soldiers and sailors. Although there are countless works on this hallowed fighting force, How the Few Became the Proud is the first to explore how the Marine Corps crafted such powerful myths.

How long is How the Few Became the Proud?

How the Few Became the Proud by Heather Venable is 311 pages long, and a total of 78,061 words.

This makes it 105% the length of the average book. It also has 95% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read How the Few Became the Proud Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 6 minutes to read How the Few Became the Proud aloud.

What Reading Level is How the Few Became the Proud?

How the Few Became the Proud is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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