The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966

The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966A story of epic proportions and] an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction. The Boston Globe A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty five year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelist's eye for detail, Rick Atkinson illuminates this powerful story through the lives of three classmates and the women they loved from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that

A story of epic proportions and] an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction.--The Boston Globe

A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year saga of the West Point class of 1966. With a novelist's eye for detail, Rick Atkinson illuminates this powerful story through the lives of three classmates and the women they loved--from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. The rich cast of characters also includes Douglas MacArthur, William C. Westmoreland, and a score of other memorable figures. The class of 1966 straddled a fault line in American history, and Atkinson's masterly book speaks for a generation of American men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Picador USA
Published: 10/27/2009
ISBN: 9780805091229
Pages: 624
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.50d