The U.S. Naval Institute on U.S. Naval Academy: Histor
The U.S. Naval Institute Chronicles series focuses on the relevance of history by exploring topics like significant battles, personalities, and service components. Tapping into the U.S. Naval Institute's robust archives, these carefully selected volumes help readers understand nuanced subjects by providing unique perspectives and some of the best contributions that have helped shape naval thinking over the many decades since the Institute’s founding in 1873. The U.S. Naval Institute has been on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy since its inception in 1873. Over the decades many articles have been written discussing the unique character and history of this venerated institution while also challenging it to stay on course. This edition of Chronicles presents a number of selections from that large catalog.
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The U.S. Naval Institute on U.S. Naval Academy: Histor
The U.S. Naval Institute Chronicles series focuses on the relevance of history by exploring topics like significant battles, personalities, and service components. Tapping into the U.S. Naval Institute's robust archives, these carefully selected volumes help readers understand nuanced subjects by providing unique perspectives and some of the best contributions that have helped shape naval thinking over the many decades since the Institute’s founding in 1873. The U.S. Naval Institute has been on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy since its inception in 1873. Over the decades many articles have been written discussing the unique character and history of this venerated institution while also challenging it to stay on course. This edition of Chronicles presents a number of selections from that large catalog.
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The U.S. Naval Institute on U.S. Naval Academy: Histor

The U.S. Naval Institute on U.S. Naval Academy: Histor

by Thomas J Cutler (Editor)
The U.S. Naval Institute on U.S. Naval Academy: Histor

The U.S. Naval Institute on U.S. Naval Academy: Histor

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The U.S. Naval Institute Chronicles series focuses on the relevance of history by exploring topics like significant battles, personalities, and service components. Tapping into the U.S. Naval Institute's robust archives, these carefully selected volumes help readers understand nuanced subjects by providing unique perspectives and some of the best contributions that have helped shape naval thinking over the many decades since the Institute’s founding in 1873. The U.S. Naval Institute has been on the grounds of the U.S. Naval Academy since its inception in 1873. Over the decades many articles have been written discussing the unique character and history of this venerated institution while also challenging it to stay on course. This edition of Chronicles presents a number of selections from that large catalog.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781612519890
Publisher: Naval Institute Press
Publication date: 12/15/2015
Series: U.S. Naval Institute Chronicles
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 176
File size: 832 KB

About the Author

Thomas J. Cutler is a retired lieutenant commander and former gunner's mate second class who served in patrol craft, cruisers, destroyers, and aircraft carriers. His varied assignments included an in-country Vietnam tour, small craft command, and nine years at the U.S. Naval Academy, where he served as Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Seamanship&Navigation Department and Associate Chairman of the History Department. While at the Academy, he was awarded the William P. Clements Award for Excellence in Education (military teacher of the year). He is the founder and former Director of the Walbrook Maritime Academy in Baltimore. Currently he is Fleet Professor of Strategy and Policy with the Naval War College and is the Director of Professional Publishing at the U.S. Naval Institute. Winner of the Alfred Thayer Mahan Award for Naval Literature, the U.S. Naval Institute Press Author of the Year, and the U.S. Maritime Literature Award, his published works include NavCivGuide: A Handbook for Civilians in the U.S. Navy; A Sailor's History of the U.S. Navy [one of the books in the Chief of Naval Operations Reading Program]; The Battle of Leyte Gulf; Brown Water, Black Berets: Coastal&Riverine Warfare in Vietnam; and the 22nd, 23rd (Centennial), and 24th editions of The Bluejacket's Manual. His other works include revisions of Jack Sweetman's The Illustrated History of the U.S. Naval Academy and Dutton's Nautical Navigation. He and his wife, Deborah W. Cutler, are the co-editors of the Dictionary of Naval Terms and the Dictionary of Naval Abbreviations. His books have been published in various forms, including paperback and audio, and have appeared as main and alternate selections of the History Book Club, Military Book Club, and Book of the Month Club. He has served as a panelist, commentator, and keynote speaker on military and writing topics at many events and for various organizations, including the Naval History and Heritage Command, Smithsonian Institution, the Navy Memorial, U.S. Naval Academy, MacArthur Memorial Foundation, Johns Hopkins University, U.S. Naval Institute, Armed Forces Electronics Communications and Electronics Association, Naval War College, Civitan, and many veterans' organizations. His television appearances include the History Channel's Biography series, A&E's Our Century, Fox News Channel's The O'Reilly Factor, and CBS's 48 Hours.

Table of Contents

Editor's Note ix

Acknowledgments xi

Introduction 1

1 "The Establishment of the Naval School at Annapolis" Henry Francis Sturdy U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, April 1946 3

2 "The First Academic Staff" Charles Lee Lewis, Henry Francis Sturdy Louis Harrison Bolander U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, October 1935 10

3 "The New Naval Academy" Ernest Flagg, Architect U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, 1899 32

4 "The Yard" Nancy Prothro Arbuthnot Selection from Guiding Lights: United States Naval Academy Monuments and Memorials, 2009 42

5 "The Changing Naval Academy: A Retrospect of Twenty-five Years" Carroll Storrs Alden U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, June 1929 52

6 "The Perpetuation of History and Tradition at the Century-Old United States Naval Academy" Ruby Duval U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, April 1946 66

7 "The Naval Academy in Five Wars" Louis H. Bolander U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, March 1945 80

8 "A Hundred Years of the Naval Academy" Louis H. Bolander U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, April 1946 103

9 "Graduates of the U.S. Naval Academy" Lieutenant William E. Wilson, USNR U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, April 1946 115

10 "Naval Academy Memories" Jeremiah Denton James L. Holloway III Charles R. Larson James A. Lovell John J. McMullen Thomas H. Moorer Oliver L. North John M. Poindexter David Poyer Alan B. Shepard Jr. Roy C. Smith Roger Stauhach Stansfield Turner James H. Webb Jr. Naval History, October 1995 127

11 "Naval Academy Memories" Edward L. Beach Jimmy Carter John H. Dalton John S. McCain III Robert C. McFarlane Walter M. Schirra U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings, October 1995 141

12 "The Heartbeat of a Great Nation" Jack Sweetman and revised Thomas J. Cutler Selection from The U.S. Naval Academy: An Illustrated History, 2nd Edition, 1995 148

Index 151

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