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Sacred Ties

Author : Tom Carhart
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101187409
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Sacred Ties written by Tom Carhart and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The gripping story of six West Point graduates-including George Armstrong Custer-who fought each other in the Civil War. With Civil War storm clouds darkening the horizon, they were strangers from different states thrown together as West Point cadets: George Armstrong Custer, Stephen Dodson Ramseur, Henry Algernon DuPont, John Pelham, Thomas Lafayette Rosser, and Wesley Merritt. Educated and trained there to be not only officers and gentlemen but also courageous battlefield leaders, their shared experience at West Point forged bonds between them stronger than brotherhood. Right after their graduations, war erupted in 1861. They stayed blue or went gray, and even faced each other in battle. Acclaimed military historian Tom Carhart brings to life the human side of valiant victories and crushing defeats, and, most vividly, of these young men of individual valor and personal honor.

Soldiers First

Author : Joe Drape
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0805094903
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Soldiers First written by Joe Drape and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-09-04 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Joe Drape reveals the unique pressures and expectations that make a year of Army football so much more than just a tally of wins and losses. The football team at the U.S. Military Academy is not like other college football teams. At other schools, athletes are catered to and coddled at every turn. At West Point, they carry the same arduous load as their fellow cadets, shouldering an Ivy League–caliber education and year-round military training. After graduation they are not going to the NFL but to danger zones halfway around the world. These young men are not just football players, they are soldiers first. New York Times sportswriter Joe Drape takes us inside the world of Army football, as the Black Knights and their third-year coach, Rich Ellerson, seek to turn around a program that had recently fallen on hard times, with the goal to beat Navy and "sing last" at the Army-Navy game in December. The 2011 season would prove a true test of the players' mettle and perseverance. Drawing on his extensive and unfettered access to the players and the coaching staff, Drape introduces us to this special group of young men and their achievements on and off the field. Anchoring the narrative and the team are five key players: quarterback Trent Steelman, the most gifted athlete; linebacker Steve Erzinger, who once questioned his place at West Point but has become a true leader; Andrew Rodriguez, the son of a general and the top scholar-athlete; Max Jenkins, the backup quarterback and the second-in-command of the Corps of Cadets; and Larry Dixon, a talented first-year running back. Together with Coach Ellerson, his staff, and West Point's officers and instructors, they and their teammates embrace the demands made on them and learn crucial lessons that will resonate throughout their lives—and ours.

Rivals!

Author : Richard O. Davies
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444320815
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (443 download)

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Download or read book Rivals! written by Richard O. Davies and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-01-28 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivals! The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th Century presents the most memorable rivalries in over a hundred years of American sports history. Examines ten of the greatest American sports rivalries of the past century, relating them to their broader historical context Includes the rivalries between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees, Duke and North Carolina, Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali, Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova, and more Draws upon the most recent works of sport historians, as well as hundreds of books, articles, and newspaper accounts Reveals a deep understanding of American sports history and American popular culture Features 30 images that bring the rivalries vividly to life

Carved from Granite

Author : Lance Betros
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 1603447873
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Carved from Granite written by Lance Betros and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 2012-04-23 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Military Academy at West Point is one of America’s oldest and most revered institutions. Founded in 1802, its first and only mission is to prepare young men—and, since 1976, young women—to be leaders of character for service as commissioned officers in the United States Army. West Point’s success in accomplishing that mission has secured its reputation as the foremost leadership-development institution in the world. An Academy promotional poster says it this way: “At West Point, much of the history we teach was made by people we taught.” Carved from Granite is the story of how West Point goes about producing military leaders of character. An opening chapter on the Academy’s nineteenth-century history provides context for the topic of each subsequent chapter. As scholar and Academy graduate Lance Betros shows, West Point’s early history is interesting and colorful, but its history since then is far more relevant to the issues—and problems—that face the Academy today. Drawing from oral histories, archival sources, and his own experiences as a cadet and, later, a faculty member, Betros describes and assesses how well West Point has accomplished its mission. And, while West Point is an impressive institution in many ways, Betros does not hesitate to expose problems and challenge long-held assumptions. In a concluding chapter that is both subjective and interpretive, the author offers his prescriptions for improving the institution, focusing particularly on the areas of governance, admissions, and intercollegiate athletics. Photographs, tables, charts, and other graphics aid the clarity of the discussion and lend visual and historical interest. Carved from Granite: West Point since 1902 is the most authoritative history of the modern United States Military Academy written to date. There will be lively debate over some of the observations made in this book, but if they are followed, the author asserts that the Academy will emerge stronger and better able to accomplish its vital mission in the new century and beyond.

Rivals

Author : David K. Wiggins
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 9781610753494
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (534 download)

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Download or read book Rivals written by David K. Wiggins and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, boxing, basketball, tennis, ice skating, baseball, football, soccer, and more. The essays are diverse, but together they illustrate what is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that often have decidedly different backgrounds, styles, and personalities. These differences may center on race and culture, political and societal ideologies, personality, geography, or religion—a mix intensified by fans and the media. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions to bitterly fought team contests, Rivals illuminates what one-of-a-kind opponents and the passion they inspire tell us about ourselves and our society.

The Mark Mallory Trilogy: A Cadet's Honor, On Guard & The West Point Rivals

Author : Upton Sinclair
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8026879430
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (268 download)

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Book Synopsis The Mark Mallory Trilogy: A Cadet's Honor, On Guard & The West Point Rivals by : Upton Sinclair

Download or read book The Mark Mallory Trilogy: A Cadet's Honor, On Guard & The West Point Rivals written by Upton Sinclair and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-09-10 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The whole class came to the meeting. There hadn't been such an important meeting at West Point for many a day. The yearling class had been outrageously insulted. The mightiest traditions of the academy had been violated, "trampled beneath the dust," and that by two or three vile and uncivilized "beasts"—"plebes"—new cadets of scarcely a week's experience...." (A Cadet's Honor; or, Mark Mallory's Heroism) Upton Sinclair (1878–1968) was an American author who wrote books in many genres, but in all of them advocating for the moral ethics, better life style for the working people and social justice. Writing during the Progressive Era, Sinclair describes the world of industrialized America from both the working man's point of view and the industrialist. He has also won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943.

The Civil War Generals

Author : Robert I. Girardi
Publisher : Quarto Publishing Group USA
ISBN 13 : 1610588673
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book The Civil War Generals written by Robert I. Girardi and published by Quarto Publishing Group USA. This book was released on 2013-11-15 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “An excellent contribution to Civil War literature . . . . [A]n excellent reference resource. Civil War buffs in particular will greatly enjoy this book.” —ArmchairGeneral.com The Civil War Generals offers an unvarnished and largely unknown window into what military generals wrote and said about each other during the Civil War era. Drawing on more than 170 sources—including the letters, diaries, and memoirs of the general officers of the Union and Confederate armies, as well as their staff officers and other prominent figures—Civil War historian Robert Girardi has compiled a valuable record of who these generals were and how they were perceived by their peers. The quotations within paint revealing pictures of the private subjects at hand and, just as often, the people writing about them—a fascinating look at the many diverse personalities of Civil War leadership. More than just a collection of quotations, The Civil War Generals is also a valuable research tool, moving beyond the best-known figures to provide contemporary character descriptions of more than four hundred Civil War generals. The quotes range in nature from praise to indictment, and differing opinions of each individual give a balanced view, making the book both entertaining and informative. A truly one-of-a-kind compilation illustrated with approximately one hundred historical photographs, The Civil War Generals will find a home not only with the casual reader and history buff, but also with the serious historian and researcher.

West Point

Author : Robert Cowley
Publisher : Grand Central Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780446530187
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book West Point written by Robert Cowley and published by Grand Central Pub. This book was released on 2002 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays and photographs celebrates the first two hundred years of the illustrious military institution whose alumni include Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, Buzz Aldrin, and Norman Schwarzkopf.

The American Catalogue

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1306 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book The American Catalogue written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 1306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Brothers, Rivals, Victors

Author : Jonathan W. Jordan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0451235835
Total Pages : 674 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (512 download)

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Download or read book Brothers, Rivals, Victors written by Jonathan W. Jordan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-04-03 with total page 674 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The intimate true story of three of the greatest American generals of World War II, and how their intense blend of comradery and competition spurred Allied forces to victory. “One of the great stories of the American military.”—Thomas E. Ricks, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Generals Dwight Eisenhower, George Patton and Omar Bradley shared bonds going back decades. All three were West Pointers who pursued their army careers with a remarkable zeal, even as their paths diverged. Bradley was a standout infantry instructor, while Eisenhower displayed an unusual ability for organization and diplomacy. Patton, who had chased Pancho Villa in Mexico and led troops in the First World War, seemed destined for high command and outranked his two friends for years. But with the arrival of World War II, it was Eisenhower who attained the role of Supreme Commander, with Patton and Bradley as his subordinates. Jonathan W. Jordan’s New York Times bestselling Brothers Rivals Victors explores this friendship that waxed and waned over three decades and two world wars, a union complicated by rank, ambition, jealousy, backbiting and the enormous stresses of command. In a story that unfolds across the deserts of North Africa to the beaches of Sicily, from D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge and beyond, readers are offered revealing new portraits of these iconic generals.

Rival Routes from the West to the Ocean, and Docks at Montreal

Author : John Young
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3382321858
Total Pages : 54 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (823 download)

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Download or read book Rival Routes from the West to the Ocean, and Docks at Montreal written by John Young and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-04-30 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

When Saturday Mattered Most

Author : Mark Beech
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312548184
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book When Saturday Mattered Most written by Mark Beech and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-09-18 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stirring story of the 1958 undefeated Army football team and the controversial coach who inspired Vince Lombardi. Combining the triumph of "The Junction Boys" with the heroics of "The Long Gray Line," Beech captures a unique period in the history of football and the military.

Rival Routes from the West to the Ocean, and Docks at Montreal: a series of letters ... in reply to Letters of “a Merchant,” written by W. Workman

Author : John YOUNG (M.P.P. of Canada.)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 52 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Rival Routes from the West to the Ocean, and Docks at Montreal: a series of letters ... in reply to Letters of “a Merchant,” written by W. Workman written by John YOUNG (M.P.P. of Canada.) and published by . This book was released on 1859 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The American Legion Monthly

Author : American Legion
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 606 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American Legion Monthly written by American Legion and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 606 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Cost of Loyalty

Author : Tim Bakken
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632868997
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (328 download)

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Download or read book The Cost of Loyalty written by Tim Bakken and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2020-02-18 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of 2020 A courageous and damning look at the destruction wrought by the arrogance, incompetence, and duplicity prevalent in the U.S. military-from the inside perspective of a West Point professor of law. Veneration for the military is a deeply embedded but fatal flaw in America's collective identity. In twenty years at West Point, whistleblower Tim Bakken has come to understand how unquestioned faith isolates the U.S. armed forces from civil society and leads to catastrophe. Pervaded by chronic deceit, the military's insular culture elevates blind loyalty above all other values. The consequences are undeniably grim: failure in every war since World War II, millions of lives lost around the globe, and trillions of dollars wasted. Bakken makes the case that the culture he has observed at West Point influences whether America starts wars and how it prosecutes them. Despite fabricated admissions data, rampant cheating, epidemics of sexual assault, archaic curriculums, and shoddy teaching, the military academies produce officers who maintain their privileges at any cost to the nation. Any dissenter is crushed. Bakken revisits all the major wars the United States has fought, from Korea to the current debacles in the Middle East, to show how the military culture produces one failure after another. The Cost of Loyalty is a powerful, multifaceted revelation about the United States and its singular source of pride. One of the few federal employees ever to win a whistleblowing case against the U.S. military, Bakken, in this brave, timely, and urgently necessary book, and at great personal risk, helps us understand why America loses wars.

British Islands Pilot: The west coast of England and Wales

Author : United States. Hydrographic Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 596 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Islands Pilot: The west coast of England and Wales written by United States. Hydrographic Office and published by . This book was released on 1917 with total page 596 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Library Record

Author : Free Public Library of Jersey City
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Library Record written by Free Public Library of Jersey City and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: