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Army & Navy Academy : History of the West Point of the West.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco : The History Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (246 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781439660478
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Army & Navy AcademyDDC classification:
  • 355.007
LOC classification:
  • U405 .M85 2017
Online resources:
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.
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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.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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