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

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

The United States established an academy for educating future army officers at West Point in 1802. Why, then, did it take this maritime nation 43 more years to create a similar school for the navy? Leeman examines the origins of the United States Naval Academy and the national debate that led to its...

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Main Author: Leeman, William P.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Series:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
United States Naval Academy > History > 19th century.
United States. > Navy > Officers > Training of > History > 19th century.
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.
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