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Beginning with interviews with the last surviving drill instructors of World War II, this oral history offers the voices of veterans from every major war of the last sixty years, concluding with accounts of what it takes to train marines for Iraq today. It contains revelatory details about the vicious training techniques used to prepare marines for the great battles against Japan in the Pacific; the Ribbon Creek training disaster of the 1950s; and legendary stories by the likes of Iwo Jima veteran "Iron" Mike Mervosh and R. Lee Ermey, the infamous drill instructor from Full Metal Jacket. With death-defying accounts relayed from the MCRD in San Diego and the legendary Parris Island, The Few and the Proud is both a personal history of the 230-year-old U.S. Marine Corps and a repository of heroism, leadership, and determination in the toughest division of the United States military.--From publisher description

""A superb exploration of the behind-the-scenes decision-making that goes into buying outside legal services.... Attorneys in both law firms and corporate law departments will find this book a revelation."" -Jeff Kindler, former Chairman and CEO of Pfizer Inc. What do buyers of legal services care about? What influences their decision to retain one firm and not another? How much are they swayed by law firm marketing? In an era of unprecedented economic challenges, professional service firms thrive or die on the strength of their marketing and business development strategies. More than any othe

Pt. I: The invasion. Corporal Richard Nummer ; Seaman James Bush ; Corporal James "Salty" Hathaway ; Captain Fred Haynes ; Corporal Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams -- Pt. II: Iron Mike's posse. Corporal Glenn Buzzard ; Private First Class Pete Santoro ; Private First Class Domenick Tutalo -- Pt. III: Russell, Tso, Abbatiello, and Waterhouse. Captain Gerald Russell ; Private First Class Samuel Tso ; Corporal Al Abbatiello ; Private First Class Charles Waterhouse -- Pt. IV: The flag raisings. Warrant Officer Norman Hatch ; Corporal Charles "Chuck" Lindberg -- Pt. V: The LST, workhorse of the invasion. Machinist's mate Third Class Perle "Dusty" Ward ; Pharmacist's Mate Third Class George Wahlen ; Sergeant Cyril O'Brien ; Sergeant Thomas Haywood McPhatter -- Pt. VI: The planes that came. Lieutenant Robert Merklein ; Staff Sergeant Valentine Chepeleff ; Lieutenant Phil True -- Pt. VII: Aftermath. The Japanese Commanders--Lieutenant General Tadamichi Kuribayashi and Captain Tsunezo Wachi--and the years afterward ; Patrick Mooney and the graves ; Colonel John W. Ripley, USMC (Ret.) -- Appendix: Military terminology

FOCUSING ON THE 1988 REPUBLICAN AND DEMOCRATIC PLATFORMS, THE AUTHOR EXAMINES THE DEVELOPMENT OF THESE CENTRAL PARTY DOCUMENTS. PARTY PLATFORMS REPRESENT A RECONCILIATION OF PRINCIPLES FOLLOWING THE DISINTEGRATING PROCESS OF THE STATE PRIMARIES AND CAUCUSES. IN 1988, THE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM WAS "A LETTER TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE" WHILE THE REPUBLICAN WAS ENCYCLOPEDIC IN CHARACTER.

A review of the literature on crisis intervention in practice settings supports the view that, when an individual or a family is in a state of crisis, this mode of treatment is often the most effective because crises, if unresolved, leave those persons involved more vulnerable to life's other problems.

The current status of crisis intervention theory is reviewed, and concepts are presented to make the crisis model easier and more effective for therapists to use