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Author : Harrie Irving Hancock
Publisher : New York ; London, G. P. Putnam's sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Life at West Point written by Harrie Irving Hancock and published by New York ; London, G. P. Putnam's sons. This book was released on 1902 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harrie Irving Hancock
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230346298
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (462 download)
Download or read book Life at West Point; the Making of the American Army Officer written by Harrie Irving Hancock and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... information relative to the appointment and admission of cadets to the U. S. military academy (From the Official Register of the U. S. Military Academy.) appointments How Made.--Each Congressional District and Territory--also the District of Columbia--is entitled to have one Cadet at the Academy. Each State is entitled to have two Cadets from the State at large, and thirty are appointed from the United States at large. The appointment from a Congressional District is made upon the recommendation of the Congressman from that District, and those from a State at large upon the recommendations of the Senators of the State. Similarly the appointment from a Territory is made upon the recommendation of the Delegate in Congress. Each person appointed must be an actual resident of the State, District, or Territory from which the appointment is made. The appointments from the United States at large and from the District of Columbia are made by the President of the United States upon his own selection. Manner of Making Applications.--Applications may be made at any time, by letter to the Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Washington, D. C, to have the name of the applicant placed upon the register that it may be furnished to the proper Senator, Representative, or Delegate, when a vacancy occurs. The application must exhibit the full name, date of birth, and permanent abode of the applicant, with the number of the Congressional District in which his residence is situated. Date of Appointments.--Appointments are required by law to be made one year in advance of the date of admission, except in cases where, by reason of death
Author : HARRIE IRVING. HANCOCK
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781033327548
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (275 download)
Download or read book LIFE AT WEST POINT written by HARRIE IRVING. HANCOCK and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Harrie Irving Hancock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781375479059
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (79 download)
Download or read book Life at West Point: The Making of the American Army Officer: His Studies, Discipline, and Amusements written by Harrie Irving Hancock and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-19 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ed Ruggero
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0062032690
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)
Download or read book Duty First written by Ed Ruggero and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-09-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duty First is a penetrating account of a year inside one of America's premier schools for leadership -- the United States Military Academy -- as it celebrates the bicentennial of its founding. Ed Ruggero, a former West Point cadet and professor, takes an incisive look at how this elite school builds the "leaders of character" who will command the nation's military. Writing with deep insight and superb narrative skill, Ruggero follows the cadet's tumultuous lives: the initial grueling training; the strict student hierarchy and intense classroom work; and the interaction between the lowly first-year plebes and the upper-class cadets who train them. Duty First also shows the role played by the majors, captains, and sergeants, who oversee everything that happens at this unique institution.
Author : Harry Irving HANCOCK
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (56 download)
Download or read book Life at West Point. The Making of the American Army Officer: His Studies, Discipline, and Amusements ... Illustrated written by Harry Irving HANCOCK and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Clyde Cocke
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781849085588
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (855 download)
Download or read book Pass in Review written by Clyde Cocke and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 2012-03-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Established in 1802, the United States Military Academy at West Point is the oldest of the United States's service academies. Since the nearly 210 years of its existence, literally thousands of cadets have graced its halls. West Point has long been a leader in establishing traditions that have crept not only into the other service academies, but into colleges and universities throughout the United States. Traditions such as class rings, parades, rank structures, and its own lexicon have made USMA a model to emulate--and these are traditions that cadets must learn on the double. The life of a cadet is highly structured and full of pageantry. Pass in Review will be the first book to examine the lives of the cadets who earn their bars at West Point. Author Clyde Cocke and photographer Eilene Harkless Moore will collaborate to chronicle the uniforms, events, and traditions of cadet life at West Point. From dining in the Cadet Mess to strolling the Flirtation Walk to participating in Ring Weekend, readers will get an inside peek into the life of a cadet. West Point's Highlanders, the Pipes and Drums of the United States Corps of Cadets, will be featured, as will the unique West Point Tartan. Contemporary images will blend with seldom-seen artwork from the West Point Museum collection to provide a behind-the-scenes look into the life of USMA cadets.
Author : Robert Charlwood Richardson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book West Point written by Robert Charlwood Richardson and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Hugh T Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (32 download)
Download or read book Cadet Life at West Point written by Hugh T Reed and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-14 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I was not more than eight years old when I first heard about West Point, and then I was told that it was Uncle Sam's Military School; that the young men there were called cadets; that they were soldiers, and that they wore pretty uniforms with brass buttons on them. The impression made upon me at the time was such that I never tired talking and asking questions about West Point. I soon learned to indicate the site on the map, and I longed to go there, that I might be a cadet and wear brass buttons. I talked about it so much that my good mother made me a coat generous with brass buttons. I called it my cadet coat, and wore it constantly. Ah! for the day I should be a big boy and be a real cadet. With a wooden gun I played soldier, and when the war broke out and the soldiers camped in our old fair grounds, I was in their camp at every opportunity. The camp was about half-way between our home farm and father's store in town, and many is the time I have been scolded for being so much at the camp. My only regret at that time was that I was not old enough to enlist, for I loved to watch the drills and linger around the camp-fires, listening to stories of the war.
Author : Hugh T. Reed
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Cadet Life at West Point written by Hugh T. Reed and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Lipsky
Publisher : HMH
ISBN 13 : 0547523750
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (475 download)
Download or read book Absolutely American written by David Lipsky and published by HMH. This book was released on 2014-12-16 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York Times Bestseller: A “fascinating, funny and tremendously well written” chronicle of daily life at the US Military Academy (Time). In 1998, West Point made an unprecedented offer to Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky: Stay at the Academy as long as you like, go wherever you wish, talk to whomever you want, to discover why some of America’s most promising young people sacrifice so much to become cadets. Lipsky followed one cadet class into mess halls, barracks, classrooms, bars, and training exercises, from arrival through graduation. By telling their stories, he also examines the Academy as a reflection of our society: Are its principles of equality, patriotism, and honor quaint anachronisms or is it still, as Theodore Roosevelt called it, the most “absolutely American” institution? During an eventful four years in West Point’s history, Lipsky witnesses the arrival of TVs and phones in dorm rooms, the end of hazing, and innumerable other shifts in policy and practice. He uncovers previously unreported scandals and poignantly evokes the aftermath of September 11, when cadets must prepare to become officers in wartime. Lipsky also meets some extraordinary people: a former Eagle Scout who struggles with every facet of the program, from classwork to marching; a foul-mouthed party animal who hates the military and came to West Point to play football; a farm-raised kid who seems to be the perfect soldier, despite his affection for the early work of Georgia O’Keeffe; and an exquisitely turned-out female cadet who aspires to “a career in hair and nails” after the Army. The result is, in the words of David Brooks in the New York Times Book Review, “a superb description of modern military culture, and one of the most gripping accounts of university life I have read. . . . How teenagers get turned into leaders is not a simple story, but it is wonderfully told in this book.”
Author : Ed Ruggero
Publisher : Harper
ISBN 13 : 9780060193171
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (931 download)
Download or read book Duty First written by Ed Ruggero and published by Harper. This book was released on 2001-01-23 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Duty First is a penetrating account of a year inside one of America's premier schools for leadership-the United States Military Academy at West Point. Ed Ruggero, a former West Point cadet and professor, takes an incisive look at how this elite school builds the "leaders of character" who will command the nation's military. Ruggero details the struggles of young men and women who will lead the American soldiers of the future. Writing with deep insight and superb narrative skill, he follows their tumultuous lives: the initial, grueling training, the strict student hierarchy and intense classroom work, and the interaction between the lowly first-year plebes and the upper-class cadets who train them. Duty First also shows the role played by the majors, captains, and sergeants, who oversee everything that happens at this unique institution. By taking a close, critical look at the Academy's standards and traditions, Ruggero examines the changes in West Point's approach to leadership training that have sparked controversy among its alumni. While all West Pointers would agree with one graduate's claim that "steel is forged in fire," many worry that the fire has been allowed to cool too much. Does today's Academy produce leaders with the inner steel to fight and win the nation's wars, or are today's cadets being coddled in the interest of political correctness, retention, and diversity? Above the Hudson River to the hot and humid barracks rooms where the nation's future captains struggle, Ruggero combines objective reporting with the emotional perspective of memoir to take readers on a guided tour through the jarring, overwhelming, inspiring leadership school that is West Point. The stories in Duty First widely reverberate far beyond West Point, because while the specific goals and methods of developing leaders differ, the fundamental values courage, commitment, selfless sacrifice - are the same for all leaders, from the parents of small children to the CEOs of major corporations.
Author : Ted Hill
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 1470435845
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (74 download)
Download or read book Pushing Limits written by Ted Hill and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2017-04-03 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pushing Limits: From West Point to Berkeley and Beyond challenges the myth that mathematicians lead dull and ascetic lives. It recounts the unique odyssey of a noted mathematician who overcame military hurdles at West Point, Army Ranger School and the Vietnam War, and survived many civilian escapades—hitchhiking in third-world hotspots, fending off sharks in Bahamian reefs, and camping deep behind the forbidding Iron Curtain. From ultra-conservative West Point in the ’60s to ultra-radical Berkeley in the ’70s, and ultimately to genteel Georgia Tech in the ’80s, this is the tale of an academic career as noteworthy for its offbeat adventures as for its teaching and research accomplishments. It brings to life the struggles and risks underlying mathematical research, the unparalleled thrill of making scientific breakthroughs, and the joy of sharing those discoveries around the world. Hill's book is packed with energy, humor, and suspense, both physical and intellectual. Anyone who is curious about how one maverick mathematician thinks, who wants to relive the zanier side of the ’60s and ’70s, who wants an armchair journey into the third world, or who seeks an unconventional view of several of society's iconic institutions, will be drawn to this book.
Author : Lance Betros
Publisher : State House Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 634 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book West Point written by Lance Betros and published by State House Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 634 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The U.S. Military Academy at West Point is one of America's oldest and most revered institutions. Since its founding in 1802 it has prepared young men--and recently, young women--for careers as officers in the army and for a lifetime of service to the nation. The distinguished record of Academy graduates in war and peace has earned West Point a reputation as one of the world's premier leader-development institutions. West Point celebrated its bicentennial in 2002. In honor of the milestone, the USMA Department of History hosted a multi-disciplinary conference that provided an opportunity for serious study of the Academy and its place in American society. The topics included the Academy's role in developing officer professionalism, its influence on the careers of distinguished graduates, institutional challenges and changes, the experiences of women and minorities at West Point, and the evolution of the academic curriculum. The twenty-four chapters in this volume examine these issues and reflect the rich scholarship of the bicentennial conference. The Academy has undergone dramatic changes during its long history. As it begins its third century, however, continuity--not change-- is what most characterizes West Point and the Corps of Cadets. By perpetuating the noble values of the profession of arms, the Academy continues to accomplish its vital mission of producing leaders of character for the nation. In this regard, the Corps of today still treads "where they of the Corps have trod."
Author : Jeffrey Simpson
Publisher : Stan Clark Military Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Officers and Gentlemen written by Jeffrey Simpson and published by Stan Clark Military Books. This book was released on 1982 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The leaders who brought the nation through the Civil War & WWI, who built the Panama Canal & secured an American empire in the Pacific -- were often West Pointers. This book contains more than 200 photos that detail the exploits of these officers & the character & methods of the institution that trained them. Selected from the archives of the U.S. Military Acad. & other public & private collections, these images present a unique portrait of Americas heritage. The mood & atmosphere of life at West Point are graphically transmitted through dozens of photos of cadet life. The social & athletic life & visits by dignitaries also receive coverage." -- Publisher.
Author : Edward C. Boynton
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)
Download or read book Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military Academy written by Edward C. Boynton and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Guide to West Point, and the U.S. Military Academy" by Edward Carlisle Boynton gives an inside look at one of the more prestigious military academies in the world. Whether you or someone you know has served in the military or you just find yourself fascinated by the topic, the book is an interesting read that is sure to deepen your knowledge of a place everyone knows about, but few seem to know facts on.
Author : George Crockett Strong
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)
Download or read book Cadet Life at West Point written by George Crockett Strong and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
