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Summary: Get off your soap-box!
Review: After having read the book, I was furious at having spent the money to buy it. This book had less to do with "Corps Values", as I learned them at Parris Island (Plt. 3069, grad. Nov. 1979), than it did with Gov. Miller's desire to instill his personal belief system upon the reader.I don't begrudge the man the opportunity to air his beliefs, but to do it under the guise of the Marine Corps value system is a complete farce, and it angers me! I learned to wear my cover no more than 2 fingers above the bridge of my nose, but I don't feel a need to condemn those who never learned it. If you want to read a good book about the Marine Corps (will cause you to have flashbacks), read "Making The Corps" by Thomas Ricks. He, too, does a little stint on the soap-box, but it is not as hard to tolerate as Gov. Miller's. "Being ready is not what matters. What matters is winning after you get there." Lt. Gen. Victor H. Krulak, USMC, April 1965 Semper Fi
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Summary: Random collection of thoughts
Review: As a former Marine who was schooled in Marine Corps values in Parris Island I felt this book was more a representation of Mr. Millers personal beliefs that over the years he has blended with those he learned in boot camp. The book did not flow very well and was just an OK read.
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Summary: A Preamble for the Guidebook for Marines
Review: As I read this little book I reflected on the moments of personal growth I experienced in MCRD, San Diego in 1961. The Governor makes his case as though I wrote it. We are who we are because we believe; ...that is not a small statement. I feel that the detractors in this review column didn't READ the book. They critiqued it for their own purposes. It must have made them uncomfortable...It should. For the most part they need boot camp again...they didn't get it. The only issue I take with the Governors book is; There is no such thing as a former marine...Semper Fi means ...ALWAYS faithful. We are just, simply, Old Marines. I was fishing in our Delta the other day and looked up at the Navy's moth ball fleet. My old ship was tied up there...now I AM an Old Marine. Our Children are in trouble and we as grand parents seem to be the last hope of getting through to them and their parents. Start with this book, and begin now. THEY will fumigate the White House, burn the matresses and start over. God Help Us - Semper Fi!! - I hope to one day shake the Governors hand.
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Summary: Team Buidling
Review: Daily I deal with employee performance issues in a customer service environment. I provided a copy of this book to each of my 15 employees this Christmas in hopes of defining my values and expectations regarding discipline, punctuality, attendance, and respect. This book is an excellent desk reference for any manager in the 1990's. Thank you.
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Summary: Leadership at it's best. Functional and accurate motivation
Review: Governor Miller is blessed with the ability to remember what he was taught and the ability to pass it on to others. His writing spurs memories of Marine Corps training for thousands, and makes us (once again) understand why we are the Nation's best at doing what we do: Supporting, Defending, and upholding the best traditions of America. If more people read this book, and took it to heart, there would be less strife and less hatered in the country. I am an active duty Marine Commander, and I use this book as a gift to motivate and congratulate my subordinates. Find me more of this type of work...
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Summary: Hard "corps" advice for America's youth.
Review: Governor Zell Miller of Georgia relates his experiences in the United States Marine Corps to everyday American life. Without a doubt, this book gives much needed direction for a generation of lost Americans. It is simple, straightforward and honest, yet the book provides an opportunity for us as a society to renew our values.A must read.
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Summary: ACTUALLY, 0 STARS - NOTHING WORSE THAN POTENTIAL UNREALIZED
Review: I bought this book with great anticipation - and was disappointed by page three. The values themselves that Gov. Miller writes about are worthy ones, but how can you take them seriously when the author goes to such great lengths to please everyone? It is like the old adage, "if you watch every word you say, you won't get much said." For example he compares Parris Island to the female anatomy, and refers to the recruits as sperm, etc. I had to muster all the energy I had to continue reading beyond this point. Not only is this completely ridiculous, but it is completely irrelevant to the topic. I feel the point was made in this way simply so women could feel "included" in his book. He begins to border on absurdity as he goes on. Another example is his efforts to remove the Confederate flag from the state flag. Again, this is irrelevant to the values he lists. He just wanted to make another group of people "feel good." If he were to have focused more on the values, and less on the politicking, he may have had a good book here. The book is not one of values, but a political statement in which he tries to be all things to all people, and thusly, ends up being nothing to anybody. He weakens his original message beyond all hope of revival. He reminds me somewhat of Neville Chamberlain. I cannot trust such a source. A topic such as this needs to come from a source who will "tell it like it is" - no matter who may be offended. Like I said, I like the list of values, but, in his effort to make everybody "feel good about themselves," and to "include everybody," Gov. Miller has seriously diluted his message. It is too bad, because we need more books like this one could have been.
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Summary: Very Critical But True
Review: I enjoyed how he attacked the youth of today. I am only fourteen, but i have already decidd i want to become a marine, since it is kind of a family tradition to go military, and the marines are the best of the military so i will join the marines. I think this is a good book, and i dont like reading. I would have given it four stars, but i am very biased when i do things, and i gave it five stars out of loyalty to the marines.
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Summary: Great Values- But does the author have them?
Review: I have had the privilage to serve as a citizen under the ruling of Governor Zell Miller. He was a fine governor, presumably one of our state's best. His points about these core "corps values" are exactly on the nail's head. But, he could have chosen a much more respectful way to approach teaching them. He seems to get caught up in the tragedy of the society's misguided attention to these values instead of telling us why they are just so important. He is disrespectful to the youth of today's society several times throughout the book. It is one thing (and a great thing!) to be proud to be a Marine, but being so doesn't give you the right or privilage to disgrace everyone who is not. Do the Marines teach you to be stuck-up? I don't appreciate many of Gov. Miller's comments. I aggree totally with all those values, but he forgot one thing about respect: To get respect, you must GIVE respect. I don't know how he expects us (youth) to respect him if he doesn't even show it to us. Sitting around and writing a book with his great name on it that basically is more of his complaints instead of beliefs is just disrespectful. How about writing it as suggestions to live up to these morals and not just saying If you're a kid or not a Marine, well, damn you for your ignorance. "Corps Values" is a good read, but is hurtful to some. I give it a 2 out of 5.
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Summary: Great Values- But does the author have them?
Review: I have had the privilage to serve as a citizen under the ruling of Governor Zell Miller. He was a fine governor, presumably one of our state's best. His points about these core "corps values" are exactly on the nail's head. But, he could have chosen a much more respectful way to approach teaching them. He seems to get caught up in the tragedy of the society's misguided attention to these values instead of telling us why they are just so important. He is disrespectful to the youth of today's society several times throughout the book. It is one thing (and a great thing!) to be proud to be a Marine, but being so doesn't give you the right or privilage to disgrace everyone who is not. Do the Marines teach you to be stuck-up? I don't appreciate many of Gov. Miller's comments. I aggree totally with all those values, but he forgot one thing about respect: To get respect, you must GIVE respect. I don't know how he expects us (youth) to respect him if he doesn't even show it to us. Sitting around and writing a book with his great name on it that basically is more of his complaints instead of beliefs is just disrespectful. How about writing it as suggestions to live up to these morals and not just saying If you're a kid or not a Marine, well, damn you for your ignorance. "Corps Values" is a good read, but is hurtful to some. I give it a 2 out of 5.
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