Carved from Granite

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-1-62349-427-8
Verlag: Texas A&M University Press

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 686 g

Reihe: Williams-Ford Texas A&M University Military History Series

The United States Military Academy at WestPoint is one of America’s oldest and most reveredinstitutions. Founded in 1802, its first and onlymission is to prepare young men—and, since1976, young women—to be leaders of characterfor service as commissioned officers in the UnitedStates Army.

Carved from Granite is the story of how West Pointgoes about producing military leaders of character.As scholar and Academy graduate Lance Betrosshows, West Point’s early history is interestingand colorful, but its history since then is far morerelevant to the issues—and problems—that face theAcademy today.

Betros describes and assesses how well West Point hasaccomplished its mission— not hesitating to exposeproblems and challenge long-held assumptions.Here is the most authoritative history of the modernUnited States Military Academy written to date.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Betros, Lance

Über Autor(innen)

Lance Betros is professor and head of the historydepartment at West Point. Serving as a colonel in theUnited States Army, he is also the editor of the academy’sbicentennial publication, West Point: Two Centuries andBeyond, published in 2004.