03037nam 2200637 a 450 991078519890332120200520144314.01-4696-0403-50-8078-9582-2(CKB)2670000000037573(EBL)565699(OCoLC)656857206(SSID)ssj0000422294(PQKBManifestationID)11304982(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422294(PQKBWorkID)10416136(PQKB)10513626(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245858(MdBmJHUP)muse23448(Au-PeEL)EBL565699(CaPaEBR)ebr10405055(CaONFJC)MIL930685(MiAaPQ)EBC565699(EXLCZ)99267000000003757320091026d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe long road to Annapolis[electronic resource] the founding of the Naval Academy and the emerging American republic /William P. LeemanChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20101 online resource (309 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4696-1487-1 0-8078-3383-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-281) and index.Introduction : armed ambassadors -- Prologue : the maddest idea in the world -- Defending the New Republic -- Learning the ropes -- A West Point for the Navy? -- Academies and aristocracy in Andrew Jackson's America -- The sword and the pen -- Mutiny, midshipmen, and the middle class -- Annapolis -- Epilogue : homecoming.The United States established an academy for educating future army officers at West Point in 1802. Why, then, did it take this maritime nation forty-three more years to create a similar school for the navy? The Long Road to Annapolis examines the origins of the United States Naval Academy and the national debate that led to its founding.Americans early on looked with suspicion upon professional military officers, fearing that a standing military establishment would become too powerful, entrenched, or dangerous to republican ideals. Tracing debates about the nature of the nation,Military educationSocial aspectsUnited StatesHistory19th centuryPolitical cultureUnited StatesHistory19th centuryNationalismUnited StatesHistory19th centuryDemocracy and educationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryMilitary educationSocial aspectsHistoryPolitical cultureHistoryNationalismHistoryDemocracy and educationHistory359.0071/173Leeman William P1553343MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785198903321The long road to Annapolis3813843UNINA