The Pathology of a Profession: Death in the United States Navy Officer corps, 1797-1815
Duntroon, Australia: University of New South Wales, 1985. Reprint from War & Society, Volume 3, Number 1, May 1985. Wraps. 25, [1] pages, plus covers (stapled). Tables. Notes. Christopher McKee (born in Brooklyn, New York on 14 June 1935) is an American naval historian, librarian, and educator. McKee graduated from the University of St. Thomas in Houston in 1957 and completed his Master of Library Science degree at the University of Michigan in 1960. McKee has worked at various institutions of higher learning as a librarian, historian, and educator. These institutions include Washington and Lee University (1958-1962), Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville (1962-1972), and Grinnell College (1972-2006). McKee also held the Secretary of the Navy Research Chair in Naval History at the Naval Historical Center (1990-1991) and was a NEH fellow at the Newberry Library (1978–79). McKee has been recognized nationally for his contributions to the study of naval history. Awards include the U.S. Naval History prize (1985) of the John Lyman Book awards of the North American Society for Oceanic History, and the Samuel Eliot Morison Award of the USS Constitution Museum (1993). He was awarded the 2016 Commodore Dudley W. Knox Naval History Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the Naval Historical Foundation. Among the causes of death addressed in this seminal article by such a noted naval historian are: Enemy Action, Lost with Ship, Accident, Duel, Suicide, Natural Causes, and Cause of Death unknown. 330 deaths were recorded among the officers during the period from September 1797 and February 1815. Dueling claimed the lives of only 18 naval officers during this period--less than myth would suggest. War & Society is a scholarly journal focused on warfare and society, worldwide. It is published quarterly in England by Taylor & Francis since 1984. It is edited by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales, Canberra by Associate Professor Eleanor Hancock. Seven historians from the United States and the United Kingdom make up the editorial board. It is indexed by major services. Its "impact factor" in 2018 was 0.219. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: United States Navy, Naval Officers, Cause of Death, Naval Operations, Enemy Action, Lost at Sea, Accident, Duel, Suicide, Natural Causes, Unknown Cause, Pathology, Naval Medicine, Military Medicine
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