Long Gray Line

Atkinson, Rick

ISBN 10: 0671726749 / ISBN 13: 9780671726744

Published by Pocket Books, New York, 1991

About this Item

xii, 753 pages. Illustrations. Interviews. Notes. Bibliography. Index. The Long Gray Line follows the 1966 class of West Point cadets from graduation to the killing fields of Vietnam, to the the hard peace that followed. Taking readers through an extraordinary era in American history, this saga spans 25 years and speaks about the innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams. Good. No dust jacket as issued. ink note inside front cover. Cover has some wear and soiling.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Long Gray Line
• Publisher: Pocket Books, New York
• Publication Date: 1991
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671726749
• ISBN 13: 9780671726744
• Binding: Mass-market paperback
• Edition: First Pocket Book printing [stated].
• Seller catalogs:
  • West Point

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Synopsis

Studies the effects of the Vietnam War on West Point's class of 1966 and on the academy, recounting the loss of idealism that prompted many to leave their military careers

About the Author

Rick Atkinson is the bestselling author of The Guns at Last Light, An Army at Dawn (winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History), The Day Of Battle, In the Company of Soldiers and Crusade. His many other awards include the Pulitzer Prize for Journalism, the George Polk Award, and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award. A former staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post, he lives in Washington, D.C.