Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. xiii, [3], 191, [1] p. Illustrations (including color). Chronological History. Bibliography. Index. From the DJ: "A celebration in words and pictures of the venerable military academy's remarkable role in our nation's history. Published to coincide with the Academy's bicentennial, this lavish commemorative book tells the story of West Point, from its awkward beginnings to the divisiveness of the Civil War through the social challenges of the modern era, including the admission of the first African American and female cadets and the backlash of the Vietnam War." Chronological History by Stephen Grove. Foreword by Buzz Aldrin. Very good in very good dust jacket. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Minor endpaper soiling. First edition. First edition [stated]. First printing [stated].

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Titel

West Point: The First 200 Years: the Companion to the PBS[TM] Television Special

Verlag

The Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT

Erscheinungsjahr

2002

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN-10

0762710136

ISBN-13

9780762710133

Einband

Hardcover

Illustrator

Spiegel, Ted (Principal Photographer)

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1. Auflage

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Coinciding with the 200th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in March of 2002, this PBS companion book is a celebration and examination of West Point's remarkable role in our nation's history. It reveals the Academy's tremendous influence on our country, highlighting the most significant eras and themes of a school that in many ways is a microcosm of the nation that it serves. Through engaging narrative and striking contemporary and archival photography, it offers a multifaceted portrait of the Academy in all of its tradition and pageantry, its academic and military excellence, and its fluctuation between clinging to the past and reinventing itself.

Beginning with the legendary events that took place at the site of West Point prior to the establishment of the Academy, the text explores the school's humble beginnings, its later contributions as a leading engineering institution, its enormous presence in the Civil War, and the social challenges faced by West Point throughout its 200-year history, including race and gender issues. Woven into the fabric of the account are stories of the larger-than-life characters that people the Academy's past, including Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Douglas MacArthur as well as such "colorful" former cadets as Edgar Allen Poe and James Whistler.

Stunning photographs of the campus as it looks today, fascinating black-and-white images from the Academy's archives, and photos of artifacts and memorabilia from the West Point Museum's collections are featured throughout the pages of this lavishly illustrated volume. The perfect souvenir of the Academy's 200th anniversary, this book will be a treasure not just forWest Point alumni and their families, but for anyone with a spark of interest in American history.

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Charlotte y Peter Fiell son dos autoridades en historia, teor�a y cr�tica del dise�o y han escrito m�s de sesenta libros sobre la materia, muchos de los cuales se han convertido en �xitos de ventas. Tambi�n han impartido conferencias y cursos como profesores invitados, han comisariado exposiciones y asesorado a fabricantes, museos, salas de subastas y grandes coleccionistas privados de todo el mundo. Los Fiell han escrito numerosos libros para TASCHEN, entre los que se incluyen 1000 Chairs, Dise�o del siglo XX, El dise�o industrial de la A a la Z, Scandinavian Design y Dise�o del siglo XXI.

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