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West Point : two centuries and beyond /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Betros, Lance, 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Abilene, Tex. : McWhiney Foundation Press, 2004.
Subjects:
United States Military Academy > History > Congresses.
United States Military Academy > Influence > Congresses.
United States Military Academy > Alumni and alumnae > Biography > Congresses.
United States. > Army > Congresses.
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. West Point and officer professionalism. West Point and officer professionalism, 1817-1877 / William B. Skelton
  • West Point's contribution to the Army and to professionalism, 1877 to 1917 / Theodore J. Crackel
  • Part II. Distinguished West Pointers. General George S. Patton, Jr., at West Point, 1904-1909 / Carlo D'Este
  • Henry H. Arnold at West Point, 1903-1907 / Dik Alan Daso
  • Leslie R. Groves, West Point, and the atomic bomb / Robert S. Norris
  • Principled leadership : Creighton Williams Abrams, class of 1936 / Lewis Sorley
  • Part III. Challenges and changes. West Point, the Jacksonians, and the Army's controversial role in national improvements / Robert P. Wettemann, Jr.
  • The rocky road to reform : John M. Schofield at West Point, 1876-1881 / Donald B. Connelly
  • The West Point centennial : a time for healing / Frank J. Walton
  • Challenge and change : West Point and the Cold War / Brian McAllister Linn
  • West Point and the post-Cold War drawdown / Gerardo V. Meneses
  • Part IV. Women and minorities. The trial, tribulation, and pardon of Lieutenant Henry O. Flipper, USMA 1877 / Thomas M. Carhart III
  • Chinese cadets at West Point / Charles D. Krumwiede
  • The lives of West Point's Buffalo Soldiers / Tanya Kabel-Ballard
  • The crucible of duty : West Point, women, and social change / Lance Janda
  • Part V. Educating future leaders. The evolving USMA academic curriculum, 1952-2002 / George B. Forsythe and Bruce Keith
  • The history of history at West Point / Robert A. Doughty and Theodore J. Crackel
  • Evolution of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at USMA / Peter Anderson and James B. Dalton, Jr.
  • Evolution of sociology at West Point, 1963-2001 / Morten G. Ender and Thomas A. Kolditz
  • The history of law instruction at West Point / Patrick Finnegan
  • Teaching foreign languages at West Point / Patricia B. Genung
  • National security studies at West Point / Jay M. Parker
  • Computing at West Point : revolution to purposeful evolution / Kenneth L. Alford, Gregory J. Conti, David B. Cushen, Eugene K. Ressler, Jr., William Turmel, Jr., and Donald J. Welch
  • 201 years of mathematics at West Point / V. Frederick Rickey and Amy Shell-Gellasch.