Abandoned shipmate : the destruction of coast guard captain Ernie Blanchard / Ladson F. Mills, III.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mills, Ladson F., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Blanchard, Ernest J., 1949-1995.

Blanchard, Ernest J.

United States. Coast Guard--Officers--Biography.

United States.

United States. Coast Guard--History.

Suicide victims--United States--Biography.

Political correctness--United States.

Sexual harassment of women--United States.

United States--Armed Forces--Women.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (181 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2019.

Summary:

Captain Ernie Blanchard left for work January 10, 1995, a successful officer.Respected by superiors and subordinates, his personal and professional values seemed perfectly aligned with the institution he served, the United States Coast Guard.By day's end his career was finished.

Contents:

Cover

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Preface

Prologue

I. January 10, 1995

II. Tailhook and Other Scandals

III. Aftermath of Tailhook

IV. Background to the Academy

V. The Formal Investigation Convenes

VI. A Terrible Truth

VII. A Family Abandoned

VIII. Search for Meaning

IX. Sweetbrier

X. Help from Beyond

XI. The Rise of Warrior Women

XII. The Navy Too

XIII. Seeking Justice

XIV. Power Elitism in the Modern Military

XV. Abandoned Shipmate

Afterword

Appendix

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-4766-3442-4

OCLC:

1082193212