Published in conjunction with the Academy's bicentennial, this handsome volume commemorates the first two centuries in the life of an institution that has become the model for military schools around the world. Since the Academy's founding in 1802, West Point graduates have been high-ranking officers and leaders in every war in which America has fought. This institution's 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.
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Edited by Time Warner US with contributions from America's most re-eminent historians and writers.
"a handsome, well-written look at the US Military Academy... --The VVA Veteran, June/July 2002
"...the history of West Point...is the story of a nation...a diverse blend of contributions..." --Poughkeepsie Journal, 11/9/02
...a lovely book...[an] extraordinary range of archival and contemporary illustrations...magnificent art ---- Army, 6/1/02
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