Cadets on Campus : History of Military Schools of the United States / John Alfred Coulter II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Coulter, John A., 1953- author.

Series:

Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 155.

Williams-Ford Texas A&M University military history series ; no. 155

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Military education--United States--History.

Military education.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (pages cm)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2017]

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62349-522-9

OCLC:

967457318