Army & Navy Academy : history of the West Point of the West / Alexander Mui.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mui, Alexander, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military education--California--San Diego--History.

Military education.

Preparatory schools--California--San Diego--History.

Preparatory schools.

San Diego Army and Navy Academy--History.

San Diego Army and Navy Academy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations, map

Other Title:

Army and Navy Academy

Place of Publication:

Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2017.

Summary:

Once a staple of American society, military schools are a dying breed, with fewer than thirty remaining. Historically, most military academies existed in the South and along the East Coast. However, Colonel Thomas A. Davis pushed this tradition westward when he founded the San Diego Army and Navy Academy in 1910. Davis pioneered a novel education and leadership training structure for young men that predated the Boy Scouts and JROTC Program. From this single institution sprang the Brown Military Academy, Davis Military Academy, San Diego Military Academy and more. Author Alexander Mui chronicles the endurance of this revered academy through countless trials, wars, economic depressions and the nationwide military school decline until it remained the last traditional military academy west of the Rocky Mountains.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgements

Author's Note

Prologue: Marching Westward

Preface. The End of an Era

Introduction. The Military Schools of America

1. Sons of the South

Part I: By the City's Northern Border

2. Founding of the Academy

3. Those Distant Years

4. The Lost Academy

Part II: The Academy's Golden Age

5. California's West Point

6. Conquer and Prevail

7. The Black Year

Part III: Sheltered by the Sun-Kissed Hills

8. Bordered by the Sea

9. The Interregnum

10. To Same Heights

Part IV: The Atkinson Era

11. Atkinson's Lament

12. Towards the Sunset

13. The Golden Anniversary

Part V: They Just Fade Away

14. All Glory Is Fleeting

15. Strange Sense of Nostalgia

16. The Year of Five Presidents

Part VI: The Academy's Renaissance

17. Into a New Millennium

18. Foundations of the Revival

19. Brother Stands by Brother

Part VII: Towards the Centennial

20. An Industrial Age

21. Centennial Celebrations

22. Into a New Century

Afterword. Story of a Cadet Lifer, by Bradley D. Larsen

Appendix I. Presidents of the Academy

Appendix II. Songs of the Academy

Appendix III. Flags of the Academy

Appendix IV. Seals and Crests of the Academy

Additional Source Notes

Select Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-284) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4396-6047-6

OCLC:

989815994