Catalog of 1803 Inventory of books, maps and charts, belonging to the Military Academy at West Point

1999 ◽  
pp. 235-237
Keyword(s):  
West Point ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
The Military

scholarly journals A importância da ciência Educação Física na preparação operacional de militares: premissas da Academia Militar dos Estados Unidos – West Point

2018 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Inaldo Pereira dos Santos ◽  
Luciano Vieira ◽  
Lilian Martins
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Physical Education ◽  
Physical Training ◽  
The United States ◽  
Professional Preparation ◽  
West Point ◽  
United States Military Academy ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
The Military ◽  
Education Science

Introdução: A Educação Física teve suas origens no treinamento físico militar. Nos dias atuais, a preparação física continua sendo uma das facetas mais importantes da operacionalidade militar.Objetivo: Descrever a importância do treinamento físico na preparação profissional do militar, por meio da observação dos objetivos e práticas educacionais do Departamento de Educação Física (DEF) da Academia de West Point (AWP) dos Estados Unidos da América.Conclusão: O DPE da AWP atinge o objetivo de preparar os cadetes para as situações que serão vividas em ambiente de guerra e faz isso com excelência, utilizando-se da Educação Física como ciência.The Importance of Physical Education Science for Operational Preparation of Military: Assumptions of the United States Military Academy – West PointIntroduction: Physical Education had its origins in military physical training. Nowadays, physical preparation continues to be one of the most important facets of military operationality.Objective: To describe the importance of physical training for the professional preparation of the military, by observing the objectives and educational practices of the Department of Physical Education (DPE) of the West Point Academy (WPA) of the United States of America.Conclusion: WPA's DPE achieves the goal of preparing the cadets for situations that will be experienced in war environment and does so with excellence, using Physical Education sciences.

Origin and Evolution of the Sherman Family to 1840

2020 ◽  
pp. 13-33
Author(s):  
Brian Holden Reid
Keyword(s):  
West Point ◽  
Family Tree ◽  
British Isles ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
Origin And Evolution ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Minor Part ◽  
A Minor ◽  
The Military ◽  
Curious Feature

This chapter traces the origin and evolution of the Sherman family. Unlike many of his fellow countrymen, William T. Sherman did not display an enduring fascination with his family tree. He never bothered to inspect his ancestral home, even during his European tour of 1872. Consequently, his biographers have been perplexed by his ancestry or thought better of treating it in detail. The Sherman family hailed from south-eastern England, and they played a minor part in the upheavals that culminated in a great civil war that engulfed the British Isles from 1642 to 1651. The full context of Sherman’s life is not complete without some consideration of this background and legacy bequeathed to him by his forebears. The chapter also details Sherman’s experience at West Point. During his time at the military academy, Sherman’s rebelliousness became obvious—and he paid the price. It is a curious feature of his life that he spent so many of his later years proclaiming West Point’s virtues, the very standards that he had ignored in his youth. But by graduating, Sherman entered a self-conscious elite, and its values had a powerful influence on his opinions and military attitudes.

Wearing the Military Uniform of the United States

2014 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
The United States ◽  
West Point ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
Engineering School ◽  
Military Uniform ◽  
The Military ◽  
The U.S

This chapter presents two excerpts from Ramseur's first letter to his mother from West Point, dated August 15, 1855 that illustrates his transition from upbringing to matriculation. It reports that the U.S. Military Academy was the nation's premier engineering school with a curriculum designed to prepare its graduates to build the river and harbour works, lighthouses, canals, and railroads needed by a burgeoning nation. The U.S. Military Academy also served to prepare topographical and military engineers for times of war. The chapter notes that the institution had been founded early in the nineteenth century, modeled after Sandhurst and St. Cyr, its counterparts in England and France respectively.

Gender Peer Effects in a Predominantly Male Environment: Evidence from West Point

2018 ◽  
Vol 108 ◽  
pp. 392-395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Huntington-Klein ◽  
Elaina Rose
Keyword(s):  
Peer Effects ◽  
Peer Group ◽  
West Point ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
Group Assignment

There is considerable interest in the success of women in overwhelmingly male environments. One hypothesized determinant of success is the increased presence of other women. However, the theoretical direction of this effect is uncertain. Previous studies of heavily male contexts have had mixed results. We take advantage of random peer group assignment at West Point military academy to identify gender peer effects in the first years in which women were admitted. We find that women do significantly better when placed in companies with more women peers. The addition of one woman peer reduces the gender progression gap by half.

Liebenberg, Ian, Jorge Risquet and Vladimir Shubin (eds), A Far-away War: Angola, 1975-1989. Stellenbosch: Sun Press 2015, 207 pp.

2020 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan F Mutton
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Southern Africa ◽  
Deputy Director ◽  
Reference Book ◽  
40Th Anniversary ◽  
Military Academy ◽  
Military Studies ◽  
The Military ◽  
Extensive Bibliography

This publication, which consists of an Introduction and eight chapters by different authors, appeared at the time of the 40th anniversary of the entry of South Africa into the Angolan war. It is short but packed with useful information and well-documented with photos, geographical and combat maps, an extensive bibliography of 35 pages, political cartoons and posters,historical surveys and statistics. Edited by the South African Ian Liebenberg (Director of the Centre for Military Studies at the Military Academy in Stellenbosch), the Cuban Jorge Risquet (who participated in the 1988 Angolan peace talks), and the Russian Vladimir Shubin (former Deputy Director of the Institute for African Studies at the Russian Academy of Science), A Far-Away War sheds new light on this prolonged conflict, focusing on the involvement of South-Africa, Cuba, Russia and East-Germany.In doing so, it opens new perspectives and widens the understanding of the struggle for liberation in Southern Africa, not only for the average history and politics reader but also, as a very useful reference book, for the more advanced researcher and academic.

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