Boot by Daniel Da Cruz Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Boot
Book Review: Excellent!!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
Well written. Great account. I also recomend "Making the Corps" by Thomas E. Ricks.Book Review: Fantasy Island
Summary: 1 Stars
Unless you believe that the typical Marine Corps recruit, straight out of high school, uses words like "exemplifies," "engender," "transgressor," and "invariably" -- all of which appear on just one page (page 42) of this book, you will soon question whether Daniel da Cruz even exists. It is worth noting that the author acknowledges the contributions of approximately 130 Marines (ranging from a Major General to Corporals, but no Privates, PFCs or Lance Corporals) to his (or their) effort. In style and content, the book is little more than a recruiting pamphlet. It contains some useful factual information, but readers seeking a realistic description and assessment of modern Marine training should look elsewhere -- "Making the Corps" by Thomas E. Ricks provides a far better description and analysis."Boot" is the right title for this book, but not for the reason the author(s) intended
Book Review: For the future Marines
Summary: 5 Stars
I read this book about the same time I joined the Marine Corps in August 1999. It takes you step by step through the training process. I would recommend this to anyone. You don't have to be a Marine to enjoy it. I have bought multiple copies of this book and given it to my recruiter so he can give it to prospective Marines to read. Also read the book by Thomas Ricks called The Making of a Marine.Book Review: Goes off it's original purpose...
Summary: 2 Stars
I picked up this book in the library to gain a bit more information on Marine Corps boot camp. I was excited to see this book, and after glancing through the chapters, saw that they were done by week. I figured I'd have an indepth account of Boot by the time I was done with it.
First and foremost, this book is dated. Nothing can be done with that, it's simply old. It was done before the martial art program was put in, and also the Cruicible. The events don't seem to be sequenced right either, after reading about.com's bootcamp article.
Second, this book doesn't seem to intend to be an informal guide to Boot Camp, but rather a continual rant on the current state of the Corps, with Boot Camp as just a side story. Things go smoothly until the author decides to squeeze in 10 pages of Marine Corps history (Which I would call a good thing, actually), and ends it by saying, "The point is that the most elite fighting Corps can't beat city hall", or something to that account. Da Cruz then proceeds to interupt the boot camp stories with his rants on how the Marines have gone soft, how medals are given like candy to officers and rarely to enlisted men (A problem that seems to plague all branches), and how the Washington fat cats are interfering with the making of warriors. He also gives an exhaustive rant on the DI's, how they are constantly having to cover themselves to not get introuble with the brass, and how they aren't allowed to do anything. The worst part is that it's a gradual progress, we are fooled into thinking the book will be completely about boot in the beginning, and later, it is almost fully centered around complaining.
The unfortunate result of this is that it can make a future enlistee feel a tad down on the Corps, until they remember their original reason for joining after returning this book to the library, or shelving it, never to be read again.
Overall, if you're looking for a book to read to remind you on your days of boot, or if you're in the mood to bash the corps, borrow this from the library. If you're looking for info because you're about to enter boot, I recommend "Making the Corps" instead.
Book Review: Good Book
Summary: 5 Stars
Read this in high school about fifteen years ago and enjoyed every page. Still enlisted afterward also, so it was not a book that shocked someone from not joining.