Abandoned shipmate : the destruction of Coast Guard Captain Ernie Blanchard

Summary: Captain Ernie Blanchard left for work January 10, 1995, a successful officer. Respected by superiors and subordinates, his personal and professional values seemed perfectly aligned with the institution he served, the United States Coast Guard. By day's end his career was finished. At a speaking engagement at the Coast Guard Academy, Blanchard's icebreaker--a series of time-tested corny jokes--was met with silence. Within hours, an investigation was underway into whether his remarks constituted sexual harassment. Several weeks later, threatened with a court-martial, he shot himself. The author investigates Blanchard's "death by political correctness" in the context of the turmoil surrounding the U.S. Armed Forces' gender inclusion struggles from the 1980s to the present

Record details

ISBN: 9781476675459
ISBN: 9781476634425
ISBN: 1476634424
Physical Description: 1 online resource
remote
Computer data.
Publisher: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2019]

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General Note:	CatMonthString.july.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 28, 2018).