I'll just throw out the novel "The Lords of Discipline" by Pat Conroy. It's fiction, and shows an experience at The Citadel (loosely disguised as Carolina Military Institute) in the mid 1960s which is far worse than anything you could imagine today; however, it does give some insight into cadet life. Everyone had read this book when I went to VMI. If anything, it is a good story, and Conroy's lyrical prose is a highlight. He thoroughly paints the picture of what Charleston means to him, and he obviously has mixed feelings on El Cid. If you want more insight into Conroy as a man, and why he feels the way he does, check out "My Losing Season" which discusses his final year playing basketball for The Citadel. It's nonfiction, and it addresses some of his family issues which, I think, explain some of his reactionary earlier criticisms in TLOD. He has, since writing TLOD, come to be a favored son of The Citadel, so obviously some of the demons noted in his writings have gone away.