West Point Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition

WEST POINT details the proud, 200-year history of the United States Military Academy at West Point through a collection of ritings and stunning photographs from Americas most preeminent historians and writers.Published in conjunction with the Academys bicentennial, this handsome volume commemorates the first two cen uries in the life of an institution that has become the model for military schools around the world. Since the Academys founding in 1802, West Point graduates have been high-ranking officers and leaders in every war in which America has fought. This institutions 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.Wicker, Tom is the author of 'West Point Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition' with ISBN 9780446530187 and ISBN 0446530182.