Absolutely American : Four Years at West Point [first edition]

New York Times Bestselling Author In 1998, West Point mad David Lipsky and unprecedented offer: 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. 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?