In Glory's Shadow The Citadel, Shannon Faulkner, and a Changing America

Name: In Glory's Shadow The Citadel, Shannon Faulkner, and a Changing America
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ISBN: 9780679767145

ISBN-10: 0679767142

ISBN-13: 9780679767145

Edition: N/A

Authors: Catherine S. Manegold

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In Glory's Shadow explores the history of The Citadel, an institution set on preserving tradition in the face of profound change. Established as protection against slave insurrections feared by the white minority of Charleston, South Carolina, a generation later The Citadel was a school of privilege for young white men. Through two world wars it grew in size and reputation, proudly providing the United States with (male) military leaders, paying little heed to what was happening in the country around it. In 1993, when the school rescinded Shannon Faulkner's admission because of her gender, a landmark legal battle ensued. Faulkner won, and although she faced vicious harassment and left…

Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 1/9/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 364
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English



Prologue: An Awkward Question



Battleground


Pioneer



A Dance Among the Cannons


Once There Was a Grand Celestial Map


A Game of Slave and Master


When War Became Familiar


As Though God Himself Walked There


Confluence


Lessons from the Field



Vigilance


Mill Dust


Rip Tide


An Astringent for the Soul


Hurricane


The Engineer


Masculine All the Way Through...


Black Magic


From the Ashes



Lone Wolf


Smile, Because Tomorrow Will Be Worse


Tar Baby


Old Maps for a New Wold


The Rocks


Outprocessing


Quad Surfing


Echo Taps


Epilogue: Fear Is like a Tree


Acknowledgments


Index