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Bullies and Cowards : The West Point Hazing Scandal, 1898-1901 (Contributions in Military Studies)
Bullies and Cowards The West Point Hazing Scandal 18981901 - Contributions in Military Studies Author:Philip W. Leon When Oscar Booz 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 die... more »d 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 brought West Point under fire in the press nationwide.« less