Duty, Honor, Country: A History of West Point
Author:   Stephen E. Ambrose ,  Dwight D Eisenhower
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780801862939


Pages:   400
Publication Date:   23 March 2000
Recommended Age:   From 18
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Stephen E. Ambrose ,  Dwight D Eisenhower
Publisher:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Imprint:   Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780801862939


ISBN 10:   0801862930
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   23 March 2000
Recommended Age:   From 18
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Foreword Introduction Chapter 1. The Beginning Chapter 2. The Foundling Chapter 3. Alden Partridge Chapter 4. Sylvanus Thayer Chapter 5. Thayer's Curriculum and Faculty Chapter 6. The Jacksonians and the Academy Chapter 7. The Golden Age, 1840–1860 Chapter 8. Cadet Life Chapter 9. Civil War Chapter 10. Stagnation Chapter 11. Hazing and the Negro Cadets Chapter 12. From Cuba To France Chapter 13. Douglas MacArthur Chapter 14. Implementing The MacArthur Reforms Chapter 15. Football Chapter 16. The Modern Academy Afterword Bibliography Index Illustrations

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<p> Throughout history every great nation has kept in its treasure-chest an academy for advanced learning and military training. Steven Ambrose's history leaves the reader with a greater understanding of the relationship between our treasure, West Point, and the society it supports. -- Parameters


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Stephen E. Ambrose is the author of many books on American history, including Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West and Citizen Soldiers: The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 to May 7, 1945. He is also the founder of the National D-Day Museum, in New Orleans.

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