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ISBN
9781400076932
Book Title
Absolutely American : Four Years at West Point
Item Length
8 in
Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication Year
2004
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.8 in
Author
David Lipsky
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Education, History
Topic
Military / United States, Organizations & Institutions, Military
Item Width
5.2 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Number of Pages
384 Pages

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"A superb description of modern military culture, and one of the most gripping accounts of university life.... Powerful.... Wonderfully told." -- The New York Times Book Review As David Lipsky follows a future generation of army officers from their proving grounds to their barracks, he reveals the range of emotions and desires that propels these men and women forward. From the cadet who struggles with every facet of West Point life to those who are decidedly huah , Lipsky shows people facing challenges so daunting and responsibilities so heavy that their transformations are fascinating to watch. Absolutely American is a thrilling portrait of a unique institution and those who make up its ranks. With an updated Epilogue by the author. NATIONAL BESTSELLER

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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400076935
ISBN-13
9781400076932
eBay Product ID (ePID)
6036956

Product Key Features

Book Title
Absolutely American : Four Years at West Point
Author
David Lipsky
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Military / United States, Organizations & Institutions, Military
Publication Year
2004
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Education, History
Number of Pages
384 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
8 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
5.2 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz

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Intended Audience
Trade
Lc Classification Number
U410.L1l57 2004
Reviews
"A superb description of modern military culture and one of the most gripping accounts of university life. . . . Powerful. . . . Wonderfully told." The New York Times Book Review "David Lipsky's up close and personal account of life at West Point is a national service. It takes the reader deep inside one of America's most important institutions."--Tom Brokaw "Addictive . . . a story that could inspire even nonmilitary buffs to follow the cadets' careers like those of their favorite sports heroes." Newsweek "A fascinating, funny and tremendously well written account of life on the Long Gray Line. Take a good look: this is the face America turns to most of the world, and until now it's one that most of us have never seen."-Time "Immesely rich. . . . A genuinely evocative and wonderfully detailed portrait of an absolutely American institution." Newsday "Wonderfully engaging, a surprisingly nuanced portrait of these cadets."-The Atlanta Journal-Consitution "Duty, Honor, Casual Sex: Plain American hedonism is powerful at West Point, David Lipsky found, but so are discipline and self-sacrifice . . . A superb description of modern military culture, and one of the most gripping accounts of university life I have read. This book must have been extremely hard to organize, and yet it reads with a novelistic flow. How teenagers get turned into leaders is not a simple story, but it is wonderfully told in this book." David Brooks,The New York Times Book Review "A labour of love. While Lipsky's friends back home wrestled with nagging, existential questions, he steeped himself in the demanding yet salubrious routines of cadet life, reveling in the youngsters' comaraderie and marveling at their commitment to the academy's core values, "Duty, Honor, Country." The result is an immensely rich collection of portraits of young men and women put under very adult pressure by an insitution that itself must constantly adapt to the society around it. Lipsky [establishes] a dramatic tension that holds for the next 300-plus pages. [A] genuinely evocative and wonderfully detailed portrait of an absolutely American institution."Newsday "A fascinating, funny and tremendously well written account of life on the Long Gray Line. Lipsky approaches the cadets like an anthropologist stalking the elusive Yanomamo tribe, and with good reason: he's in a weird, weird place. Take a good look: this is the face America turns to most of the world, and until now it's one that most of us have never seen. A mesmerizing and powerfully human spectacle"Time Magazine "Masculinity has traditionally been associated with the military.Absolutely American, which vividly traces West Point cadets through their four years at the Academy, deals with both sexes and tells a lot about the changing definitions and conditions of masculinity and femininity in the new century."Elaine Showalter,The Washington Post Book World "Illuminating. . .Lipsky has done a distinguished service to a proud school."Entertainment Weekly "Although confined to one geographic area,Absolutely Americancovers a vast sociological, political and psychological landscape. . .neither an institutional hagiography nor a scathing, Seymour Hersh-like exposé, [this] is an assiduously researched, evenhanded examination that focuses on the changing value systems of the institution and the people who experience those changes. Lipsky has written an important,, "A superb description of modern military culture and one of the most gripping accounts of university life. . . . Powerful. . . . Wonderfully told." The New York Times Book Review "David Lipsky's up close and personal account of life at West Point is a national service. It takes the reader deep inside one of America's most important institutions."--Tom Brokaw "Addictive . . . a story that could inspire even nonmilitary buffs to follow the cadets' careers like those of their favorite sports heroes." Newsweek "A fascinating, funny and tremendously well written account of life on the Long Gray Line. Take a good look: this is the face America turns to most of the world, and until now it's one that most of us have never seen."-Time "Immesely rich. . . . A genuinely evocative and wonderfully detailed portrait of an absolutely American institution." Newsday "Wonderfully engaging, a surprisingly nuanced portrait of these cadets."-The Atlanta Journal-Consitution "Duty, Honor, Casual Sex: Plain American hedonism is powerful at West Point, David Lipsky found, but so are discipline and self-sacrifice . . . A superb description of modern military culture, and one of the most gripping accounts of university life I have read. This book must have been extremely hard to organize, and yet it reads with a novelistic flow. How teenagers get turned into leaders is not a simple story, but it is wonderfully told in this book." David Brooks, The New York Times Book Review "A labour of love. While Lipsky's friends back home wrestled with nagging, existential questions, he steeped himself in the demanding yet salubrious routines of cadet life, reveling in the youngsters' comaraderie and marveling at their commitment to the academy's core values, "Duty, Honor, Country." The result is an immensely rich collection of portraits of young men and women put under very adult pressure by an insitution that itself must constantly adapt to the society around it. Lipsky [establishes] a dramatic tension that holds for the next 300-plus pages. [A] genuinely evocative and wonderfully detailed portrait of an absolutely American institution."Newsday "A fascinating, funny and tremendously well written account of life on the Long Gray Line. Lipsky approaches the cadets like an anthropologist stalking the elusive Yanomamo tribe, and with good reason: he's in a weird, weird place. Take a good look: this is the face America turns to most of the world, and until now it's one that most of us have never seen. A mesmerizing and powerfully human spectacle"Time Magazine "Masculinity has traditionally been associated with the military. Absolutely American, which vividly traces West Point cadets through their four years at the Academy, deals with both sexes and tells a lot about the changing definitions and conditions of masculinity and femininity in the new century."Elaine Showalter, The Washington Post Book World "Illuminating. . .Lipsky has done a distinguished service to a proud school."Entertainment Weekly "Although confined to one geographic area, Absolutely American covers a vast sociological, political and psychological landscape. . .neither an institutional hagiography nor a scathing, Seymour Hersh-like exposé, [this] is an assiduously researched, evenhanded examination that focuses on the changing value systems of the institution and the people who experience those changes. Lipsky has written an impo
Copyright Date
2004
Lccn
2003-064536
Dewey Decimal
355/.0071/173
Dewey Edition
22

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  • par fizzbozz
    nov. 02, 2015

    a world entered

    This book gives a very good sense of what it is like to succeed and fail at West Point. The author is admirably balanced in his perspective.

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  • par 45Jb6oP9THi@Deleted
    août 27, 2010

    Duty Honor Country

    I am very well pleased with this wolume , it is a welcome additon to my West Point Library... definately a must for anyone interested especially in the United States Military Academy / West Point. -its people and its grads whose lives are centered around "Duty Honor Country" One learns about those fine young men and women, how and what they are taught, their sacrifices and Honor. It is not only a Great book n the subject, but also a primer for those wanting to learn about the most well known and respect Military Academy in the USA, and known worldwide for the quality of its grads.