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Cadets on campus : history of military schools of the United States /
Since the founding of the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1802, more than eight hundred military schools have existed in this country. The vast majority have closed their doors, been absorbed into other educational institutions, or otherwise faded away, but others soldier on, adaptin...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Documento de Gobierno Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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College Station :
Texas A & M University Press,
[2017]
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ;
no. 155. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Military school culture
- The long road to West Point
- Early West Point and Captain Partridge's military school movement
- Sylvanus Thayer and the military school culture
- Francis Smith, Virginia Military Institute, and Southern military education
- Military education and the Civil War
- The United States Naval Academy and maritime academies
- The "lost cause" and the Grand Army of the Republic
- Of sabers and scripture
- Tested by war, depression, and fire
- World War II through the 1950s
- Vietnam and the decline of the military school
- Resurgence of an old educational tradition
- Conclusions
- Appendix A: Military schools of the United States, 1802-2014
- Appendix B: Military schools of the United States by category, 2014
- Appendix C: Military schools of the United States, 1802-2014
- Appendix D: Number of schools by type for each military school compared
- Appendix E: Selected military school alumni.