West Point : Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition

by Ambrose, Stephen; Buckley, William F.; Halberstam, David; Miller, Arthur; Plimpton, George

• ISBN13: 9780446530187
• ISBN10: 0446530182
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-05-07
• Publisher: Grand Central Pub

Summary

WEST POINT details the proud, 200-year history of the United States Military Academy at West Point through a collection of ritings and stunning photographs from Americas most preeminent historians and writers.Published in conjunction with the Academys bicentennial, this handsome volume commemorates the first two cen uries in the life of an institution that has become the model for military schools around the world. Since the Academys founding in 1802, West Point graduates have been high-ranking officers and leaders in every war in which America has fought. This institutions distinguished alumni include Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, William Sherman, Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson, John J. Pershing, Douglas MacArthur, George S. Patton, Jr., Dwight Eisenhower, Frank Borman, Edwin E. Buzz Aldrin, H. Norman Schwarzkopf, and AOL founder James Kimsey.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 14
A New Country Starts a School for Soldiers	p. 16
The Golden Age: 1834-1860	p. 46
West Point in the Civil War	p. 76
Frozen Interval: 1866-1915	p. 106
The Great War and After	p. 146
The Academy Goes to War Again	p. 178
Into the Cold War: 1946-1964	p. 208
Fields of Friendly Strife	p. 232
Four Decades of Tumult	p. 254
West Point Today	p. 284
Photo Credits	p. 296
Index	p. 298
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