Corps Values by Zell Miller
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- Hardcover: 96 pages ; Dimensions
(in inches): 0.58 x 7.54 x 5.26
- Publisher: Longstreet Press; (June
1997)
- ISBN: 1563523876
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Book Description
Today, more than ever,
America needs to return to corps values
Governor Zell Miller is one of
America's most respected leaders. His integrity, passion, and
commitment to excellence have earned the praise of colleagues both
Democrat and Republican. In this timely and inspirational book,
Zell Miller recounts the simple but powerful lessons he learned as
a United States Marine: the core values we must embrace if we are
to be successful as individuals and as a nation.
Only by incorporating such
time-honored Marine qualities as pride, discipline, courage,
brotherhood, and respect into our personal and professional lives
can we meet the challenges that lie ahead. In Corps Values,
Zell Miller urges us all to go back to basic training--in the
values that ultimately lead to victory in any endeavor.
Amazon.com
Call it Robert Fulghum by way
of John Wayne... In 1953, Zell Miller was as low as he could get.
He'd dropped out of college after being made to feel inferior
because of his "hillbilly" background and wound up in jail one
weekend after getting drunk on moonshine and driving his car into a
ditch. In an effort to turn his life around, he signed up for marine
boot camp.
The experience changed his life, and he remains convinced that the
values he learned during his 90 days at Parris Island are "the only
basis upon which diversity can coexist with commonality and all
people can pursue individual goals for themselves while contributing
to the general well-being and advancement of society as a whole."
These simple values, from neatness and punctuality to discipline and
loyalty, are for Miller the basis of a strong civil society.
Although some readers may find some of his notions--such as his
frustration at seeing kids wear caps backwards--a bit extreme,
Miller reminds us that any organization that pumped out men like
Bernard Shaw, Don Imus, Ted Williams, and Art Buchwald must have
something going for it.
From the Publisher
"When it comes to politics
and politicians, we don't agree on much, but one thing we do agree
on is that Gov. Zell Miller is a helluva man and he has written a
helluva book!"
--James Carville and Mary Matalin
"Corps Values touches at the core of what has made America
great."
--Newt Gingrich, Speaker of the House of Representatives
"Gov. Zell Miller gives the nation hope for
its future by reinforcing 'corps' values which made this country
great. I love it!"
--Max Cleland, U.S. Senator, Georgia
"This book should serve as a compass for the
reader to evaluate and define more clearly his or her
responsibilities to family and country."
--James E. Livingston, Jr., Major General, USMC (Ret.), Medal of
Honor winner
"As a brother Marine, it's easy to see why
Zell Miller has been so successful. He has hit a grand slam with
this book."
--Ted Williams, Baseball Hall of Famer
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