Students to Soldiers (eBook)

Secret Military Education at Elite Schools, 1815–1945

John F. Morris (Autor)

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2025
248 Seiten
University of Virginia Press (Verlag)
978-0-8139-5270-3 (ISBN)

Infos

An expansive study of the brutal rites of initiation at elite institutions that shaped young men into military leaders Informed by his own experience as a cadet at West Point, John Morris offers the first transnational history of student life at elite military preparatory institutions in Europe and America and the unofficial, underground rituals, practices, and codes that formed a crucial part of the education there. Comparing British public schools, the monarchical cadet schools in Imperial Germany, Austria, and Russia, and the US Military Academy over the course of the nineteenth and into the twentieth century and the world wars, Morris presents critical insights on the unsanctioned methods employed to transform young students into leaders of men. Extracurricular traditionsincluding but not limited to severe hazingMorris argues, shaped the officers-in-training much more than their official courses of study. He also shows how romantic and sexual relations between boys facilitated the cultivation of hypermasculinity at these institutions. Students to Soldiers offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives of the budding military elites of Europe and America, both unpacking the arcane rituals that eventually became codified into honored traditions and analyzing their influence over the long term.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 29.4.2025
• Zusatzinfo: 11 b&w illus
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Schlagworte: Acculturation • Austrian military academies • British public schools • cadet schools • Civil War • Clarendon Commission • Douglas MacArthur • Eton College • future army officers • German military schools • great power rivalry • hazing rituals • Homosexuality • Military education • Muscular Christianity • officer culture • Rites of Passage • Russian cadet schools • survival of the fittest • US Military Academy • West Point • World War I • wwi
• ISBN-10: 0-8139-5270-0 / 0813952700
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8139-5270-3 / 9780813952703