An excellent history of the politics and personalities animating the long debate over whether to establish a naval academy, with many interesting anecdotes along the way. . . . A fine tale of how the Naval Academy came to be.--John Lehman, The Washington Post
In his superbly researched book, Leeman does an outstanding job of placing the arguments for and against a naval academy into the context of the evolving US social and political landscape of the early national and antebellum eras. Highly recommended.--Choice
Leeman has made an able contribution to scholarship on the United States Navy in the context of the history of the early republic.--Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
Anyone interested in the struggle for a naval academy or the history of the early republic will find The Long Road to Annapolis an absorbing study.--Naval Institute Proceedings
The Long Road to Annapolis is an excellent addition to the growing scholarly attention being paid to Annapolis. It is an accessible, well-researched book that demonstrates Leeman's keen capacity for compelling narration.--The Journal of American History
The first major study to place the history of the United States Naval Academy within a broad national and intellectual context . . . an important contribution to the historiography on education in the early American republic.--History of Education Quarterly
Succinct, pertinent biographical sketches. . .as well as overarching themes of nationalism, progress, and social reform provide historical context to the discourse and give both the general reader and specialist a multifaceted lens on early nineteenth century America." --International Journal of Maritime History
Leeman does a superior job of contextualization. . . . The Long Road to Annapolis will engage students and general audiences with interesting prose and chapter summaries.--American Historical Review
Well-written, crisp and effectively organized. . . . Leeman has painted a picture of the maturing nation's divide between those who were satisfied with time-honored methods of military training and those who embraced new concepts of broader education for the nation's military leaders. . . . Fills a significant gap in an important chapter of the evolution of not only the U.S. Navy, but also the nation as a whole.--Charleston Post and Courier
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