In the Company of Men: A Woman at the Citadel

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Summary: The greatest cadet ever! (According to the writer)
Review: This book is as vapid as it is untruthful. I have never seen anyone praise themselves so blatantly. This ghost-written book is nothing more than a collection of outtakes from the cadet manual, and random stories.
I am a graduate of this institution, and have nothing against the fact that it is now coed. But it should be noted that Petra Lovetinska, mentioned briefly as a roommate, was the first female to spend four years at The Citadel as opposed to the author's three. Petra made it through on her own accord, and her daddy wasn't the commandant. You also don't see her writing a book about how she single-handedly revolutionized the Corps of Cadets. Thank God for Nancy Mace.

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Summary: Mostly accurate -- A story that needed to be told, though
Review: To prove that much of what Ms. Mace states in her book is true, I, as a male cadet, waited until I was on a break at home to read her book. Being the son of a mother who graduated from a military academy, I entered this institution with a much different perspective than most incoming cadets. What I have seen and experienced over the years has blown my mind.

Nancy Mace's book does exaggerate a few things, here and there.. and as the other alum wrote, she does write about stories that are 100% common to every knob's experience (in other words, not unique to her trials).. but still, being one of the first women at this school had to be an experience unlike anything that any normal person could imagine. Whether other, narrow-minded, disgruntled old grads want to admit it, or not, Nancy Mace DID do something special...something that no other person had accomplished. Her story needed to be told, and was done so in an extremely easy-to-read, and frank fassion.