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BL
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1043728
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b798098
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Leon, Philip W.
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| Title & Author
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Bullies and cowards : : the West Point hazing scandal, 1898-1901 /\ Philip W. Leon.
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| Publication Statement
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Westport, CT :: Greenwood Press,, 2000.
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| Series Statement
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Contributions in military studies,; no. 186
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1 online resource (xi, 193 pages) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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0313371547
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: 9780313371547
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0313312222
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9780313312229
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-186) and index.
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| Contents
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Illustrations; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Beast Barracks; CHAPTER 2 The Ordeal; CHAPTER 3 The Scandal; CHAPTER 4 The Secrets Revealed; CHAPTER 5 The Hazing Law; CHAPTER 6 The Mutiny; CHAPTER 7 Conclusion; Glossary; Works Cited; Index.
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| Abstract
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When Oscar Booze entered West Point in 1898, the older cadets decided that he did not conform to their image of what a cadet should be. After four months of constant torment, including a beating in an organized boxing match, ridicule for reading his Bible, and the forced consumption of hot sauce in the cadet mess hall, he resigned. When Oscar died a year and a half later from tuberculosis of the larynx, his family claimed that the West Point cadets had killed their son by scarring his throat and creating a fertile field for the fatal infection. This is the story of the ensuing scandal that bro.
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United States Military Academy-- History.
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United States Military Academy.
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Hazing-- New York (State)-- West Point-- History.
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Hazing.
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HISTORY-- Military-- Other.
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TECHNOLOGY ENGINEERING-- Military Science.
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New York (State), West Point.
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| Dewey Classification
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355/.0071/173
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| LC Classification
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U410.E9B85 2000eb
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