West Point

by Betros, Lance

• ISBN13: 9781893114470
• ISBN10: 1893114473
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-10-01
• Publisher: State House Pr

Summary

No single volume can provide a definitive history of an institution as significant and complex as the U.S. Military Academy, and this volume makes no pretense of doing so. Rather, its purpose is to survey the highlights of that history, with particular emphasis on the salient trends and personalities of West Point's second century. The chapters offer glimpses of the environment and internal workings of the Academy, but overall they underscore West Point's influence on the American military establishment and the institution's connection to American society.

Author Biography

Lance Betros is a colonel in the U.S. Army. He is currently assigned as Professor and Deputy Head of the Department of History at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. 8
List of Illustrations	p. 11
List of Tables	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
West Point and Officer Professionalism-Introduction	p. 19
West Point and Officer Professionalism, 1817-1877	p. 22
West Point's Contribution to the Army and to Professionalism, 1877 to 1917	p. 38
Distinguished West Pointers-Introduction	p. 57
General George S. Patton, Jr., at West Point, 1904-1909	p. 59
Henry H. Arnold at West Point, 1903-1907	p. 75
Leslie R. Groves, West Point, and the Atomic Bomb	p. 101
Principled Leadership: Creighton Williams Abrams, Class of 1936	p. 122
Challenges and Changes-Introduction	p. 142
West Point, the Jacksonians, and the Army's Controversial Role in National Improvements	p. 144
The Rocky Road to Reform: John M. Schofield at West Point, 1876-1881	p. 167
The West Point Centennial: A Time for Healing	p. 198
Challenge and Change: West Point and the Cold War	p. 218
West Point and the Post-Cold War Drawdown	p. 248
Women and Minorities-Introduction	p. 268
The Trial, Tribulation, and Pardon of Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper, USMA 1877	p. 271
Chinese Cadets at West Point	p. 299
The Lives of West Point's Buffalo Soldiers	p. 321
The Crucible of Duty: West Point, Women, and Social Change	p. 344
Educating Future Leaders-Introduction	p. 368
The Evolving USMA Academic Curriculum, 1952-2002	p. 370
The History of History at West Point	p. 390
Evolution of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at USMA	p. 435
Evolution of Sociology at West Point, 1963-2001	p. 455
The History of Law Instruction at West Point	p. 478
Teaching Foreign Languages at West Point	p. 507
National Security Studies at West Point	p. 533
Computing at West Point: Revolution to Purposeful Evolution	p. 561
201 Years of Mathematics at West Point	p. 586
About the Contributors	p. 614
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