Crucibles

How Formidable Rites of Passage Shape the World's Most Elite Organizations

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James R McNeal, J Eric Smith

Crucibles

How Formidable Rites of Passage Shape the World's Most Elite Organizations

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"An exploration of the initiation rituals of fourteen elite groups, both historical and contemporary, providing a roadmap for modern organizations to better themselves by implementing and managing their own rigorous portal processes"--

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Verlag: Agate Publishing
Seitenzahl: 288
Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2025
Englisch
ISBN-13: 9781572843523
ISBN-10: 1572843527
Artikelnr.: 71307052

Herstellerkennzeichnung
Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
gpsr@libri.de

Produktdetails

Verlag: Agate Publishing
Seitenzahl: 288
Erscheinungstermin: 10. Juni 2025
Englisch
ISBN-13: 9781572843523
ISBN-10: 1572843527
Artikelnr.: 71307052

Herstellerkennzeichnung
Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
gpsr@libri.de

Autorenporträt

James R. McNeal is a retired rear admiral in the U.S. Naval Supply Corps, currently serving as an adjunct leadership professor and sprint football coach at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. J. Eric Smith is a former U.S. Naval Supply Corps officer, retired nonprofit executive, and management consultant who lives in Sedona, Arizona.

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PROLOGUE: On Being a Plebe (Part One), Annapolis, Maryland, Summer of 1982
INTRODUCTION: Trials by Fire: The Roles of Crucibles in Defining Elite
Groups and Cultures
CHAPTER ONE: We Make Marines: Boot Camp at M.C.R.D. Parris Island
CHAPTER TWO: Kung Fu and Koans: The Shaolin Monks
CHAPTER THREE: Space Is the Place: The U.S. Astronaut Program
CHAPTER FOUR: Poor Fellow Soldiers of Christ: The Knights Templar
CHAPTER FIVE: Knives in the Mountains: The Gurkhas
CHAPTER SIX: Our Mothers: The Dahomey Amazons
CHAPTER SEVEN: Honor and Fidelity: The French Foreign Legion
CHAPTER EIGHT: Crouching Dragons and Divine Wind: Japan’s Special Attack
Units
CHAPTER NINE: An Offer You Can’t Refuse: Mafia Made Men
CHAPTER TEN: Great Tiger Sharks Swimming on Land: The Hawai’ian Koa
CHAPTER ELEVEN: Fiercely and Faithfully: The Swiss Guard
CHAPTER TWELVE: Doctor, Doctor: The White Coat Ceremony and Beyond
CHAPTER THIRTEEN: The Poor Widow’s Sons: American Freemasonry
CONCLUSION: Elites Everywhere: Crucibles in Context
EPILOGUE: On Being a Plebe (Part Two), Annapolis, Maryland, Autumn of 1982
through Spring of 1983
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SOURCES AND RECOMMENDED ADDITIONAL READING
INDEX
ABOUT THE AUTHORS

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