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- Title
Nineteenth-Century Honor Concept Development at America's Senior Military Colleges.
- Authors
Limneos, Samuel
- Abstract
The eight senior military colleges--the U.S. Military Academy, U.S. Naval Academy, Norwich University, Virginia Military Institute, Citadel, Virginia Tech, University of North Georgia, and Texas A&M--maintain honor codes often seen as having originated in the nineteenth century. In fact, none had written honor codes until the twentieth century. What did develop in the nineteenth century was the concept of honor, with striking similarities among the colleges. Their emphasis on strict discipline, rigorous academics, and Christian ideals, drawn from the military service and regional cultures, were the foundation for such honor concepts as restrained manhood, gentlemanly behavior, and self-discipline--and ultimately, of the individual honor codes.
- Subjects
MILITARY education; UNITED States Military Academy; UNITED States Naval Academy; NORWICH University; VIRGINIA Military Institute; CITADEL, the Military College of South Carolina; VIRGINIA Polytechnic Institute &; State University; TEXAS A &; M University
- Publication
Journal of Military History, 2023, Vol 87, Issue 1, p64
- ISSN
0899-3718
- Publication type
Article