Sea change at Annapolis : the United States Naval Academy, 1949-2000 / H. Michael Gelfand ; foreword by John McCain.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-363) and index.

An introduction to the United States Naval Academy -- The higher ideals of democracy: race and recruiting through 1964 -- The right thing to do: race and recruiting since 1964 -- The spiritual ball game: Anderson v. Laird and the end of mandatory chapel attendance -- The seeds of revolution: women at the Naval Academy through 1976 -- Revolutionary change at evolutionary speed: women in the class of 1980 -- A new mystique: women at the Naval Academy since 1980 -- That inescapable trait of midshipmen: the creation of the honor concept, protests, pranks, and other remarkable activities -- Conclusion.

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Since 1845, the United States Naval Academy has prepared professional military leaders at its Annapolis, Maryland, campus. Although it remains steeped in a culture of tradition and discipline, the Academy is not impervious to change. Dispelling the myth that the Academy is a bastion of tradition unmarked by progress, H. Michael Gelfand examines challenges to the Naval Academy's culture from both inside and outside the Academy's walls between 1949 and 2000, an era of dramatic social change in American history.

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