The long road to Annapolis : the founding of the Naval Academy and the emerging American republic / / William P. Leeman

• Autore: Leeman William P
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Disciplina: 359.0071/173
• Soggetto topico: Military education - Social aspects - United States - History - 19th century; Political culture - United States - History - 19th century; Nationalism - United States - History - 19th century; Democracy and education - United States - History - 19th century
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-281) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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,
• Titolo autorizzato: The long road to Annapolis
• ISBN: 979-88-9313-353-0; 1-4696-0403-5; 0-8078-9582-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910822406603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II