Cadets on Campus History of Military Schools of the United States
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9781623495220
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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, adapting to changing times and changing educational needs. While many individual institutions have had their histories written or their stories told, to date no single book has attempted to explore the full scope of the military school in American history. Cadets on Campus is the first book to cover the origin, history, and culture of the nation’s military schools—secondary and collegiate—and this breadth of coverage will appeal to historians and alumni alike. Author John Alfred Coulter identifies several key figures who were pivotal to the formation of military education, including Sylvanus Thayer, the “father of West Point,” and Alden Partridge, the founder of the school later known as Norwich University, the first private military school in the country. He also reveals that military schools were present across the nation, despite the conventional wisdom that most military schools, and, indeed, the culture that surrounds them, were limited to the South. Coulter addresses the shuttering of military schools in the era after the Vietnam War and then notes a curious resurgence of interest in military education since the turn of the century.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Coulter, J. A. (2017). Cadets on Campus: History of Military Schools of the United States . Texas A&M University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Coulter, John A. 2017. Cadets On Campus: History of Military Schools of the United States. Texas A&M University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Coulter, John A. Cadets On Campus: History of Military Schools of the United States Texas A&M University Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Coulter, John A. Cadets On Campus: History of Military Schools of the United States Texas A&M University Press, 2017.
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