'To Check . . . the Very Worst and Meanest of Our Passions': Common Sense, 'Cobbon Sense', and the Socialization of Cadets at Antebellum West Point

This essay adds to a growing body of scholarship that challenges the image of the United States Military Academy at West Point and US Army officer corps as institutions that were isolated in the nineteenth century from developments in civilian society. It does so by calling attention to parallels be...

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Veröffentlicht in:War in History. - Sage Publications, Inc.. - 16(2009), 4, Seite 406-424
1. Verfasser: Rafuse, Ethan S. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2009
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:War in History
Schlagworte:Political science Behavioral sciences Philosophy History Education