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West Point presents a unique visual history of an essential American institution. Built directly into the granite above the Hudson River, West Point began its military history during the Revolutionary War and continues today, preparing officers for the U.S. Army. The cadets appointed to the U.S. Military Academy march on hallowed ground, privileged to take their place in "the Long Gray Line, " among America's best and brightest.

West Point presents a unique visual history of an essential American institution. Built directly into the granite above the Hudson River, West Point began its military history during the Revolutionary War and continues today, preparing officers for the U.S. Army. The cadets appointed to the U.S. Military Academy march on hallowed ground, privileged to take their place in "the Long Gray Line, " among America's best and brightest.

The Jews of West Poinit in the Long Grey Line by the late Colonel Lewis L. Zickel, a 1949 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, is a fascinating and highly readable look at the institution that since 1802 has trained the leaders of the American Army. The book focuses specifically on the Jews who have attended West Point and gone on to serve with distinction as professional military officers. Since most American Jews have not regarded the military as potential career choice, it will probably come as a surprise to learn that West Point s first graduating class was half Jewish (admittedly it had only two members). It will be equally surprising to learn that Jews are and have been a significant if small presence at West Point.The book is divided into three parts. The first is an account of the role of Jews in military history and at West Point. Considerable attention is given to the creation of a Jewish Chapel for cadets and to the Academy s Jewish chaplaincy.The second part is autobiographical. It tells Colonel Zickel s personal story, from his childhood in New Jersey through his four years as a cadet, and his service in the Army during and after the Korean War. After retiring from the Army he was actively involved in serving West Point as it had served him. He played a key role in the creation of the Jewish Chapel and in programs to enhance the religious experience of Jewish cadets.The final part of the book consists of excerpts from a questionnaire Zickel sent to each of the 630 living Jewish graduates of West Point. Among other things, they were asked to recount memories about their tenure at the Academy that would be of Jewish interest. Very few reported any experience of anti-Semitism. Moreover, many mentioned that West Point had brought them closer to Judaism and Jewishness, not merely because of activities connected with the Jewish Chapel, but also through contact with the chaplains, and because they so often came from homes or places where there was little Jewish content. Several of them were bar or bat mitzvah at West Point. This is a very interesting and important book, a fitting testimonial to the nearly 800 Jews who down the years have stood in the Long Gray Line and served in the defense of their country.

Release Date: June 01, 1969

The Jews of West Poinit in the Long Grey Line by the late Colonel Lewis L. Zickel, a 1949 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, is a fascinating and highly readable look at the institution that since 1802 has trained the leaders of the American Army. The book focuses specifically on the Jews who have attended West Point and gone on to serve with distinction as professional military officers. Since most American Jews have not regarded the military as potential career choice, it will probably come as a surprise to learn that West Point s first graduating class was half Jewish (admittedly it had only two members). It will be equally surprising to learn that Jews are and have been a significant if small presence at West Point.The book is divided into three parts. The first is an account of the role of Jews in military history and at West Point. Considerable attention is given to the creation of a Jewish Chapel for cadets and to the Academy s Jewish chaplaincy.The second part is autobiographical. It tells Colonel Zickel s personal story, from his childhood in New Jersey through his four years as a cadet, and his service in the Army during and after the Korean War. After retiring from the Army he was actively involved in serving West Point as it had served him. He played a key role in the creation of the Jewish Chapel and in programs to enhance the religious experience of Jewish cadets.The final part of the book consists of excerpts from a questionnaire Zickel sent to each of the 630 living Jewish graduates of West Point. Among other things, they were asked to recount memories about their tenure at the Academy that would be of Jewish interest. Very few reported any experience of anti-Semitism. Moreover, many mentioned that West Point had brought them closer to Judaism and Jewishness, not merely because of activities connected with the Jewish Chapel, but also through contact with the chaplains, and because they so often came from homes or places where there was little Jewish content. Several of them were bar or bat mitzvah at West Point. This is a very interesting and important book, a fitting testimonial to the nearly 800 Jews who down the years have stood in the Long Gray Line and served in the defense of their country.

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Born in slavery, Charles Young (1864–1922) was the third black graduate of West Point, the first black U.S. military attaché, and the highest-ranking black officer in the Regular Army until his death. Unlike the two black graduates before him, Young went on to a long military career, eventually achieving the rank of colonel. After Young, racial intolerance closed the door to blacks at the academy, and forty-seven years passed before another African American graduated from West Point.Brian G. Shellum’s biography of Young’s years at West Point chronicles the enormous challenges that Young faced and provides a valuable window into life at West Point in the 1880s. Academic difficulties, hazing, and social ostracism dogged him throughout his academy years. He succeeded through a combination of focused intellect, hard work, and a sense of humor. By graduation, he had made white friends, and his motivation and determination had won him the grudging respect of many of his classmates and professors.Until now, scholars of African American and military history have neglected this important U.S. Army trailblazer. Young’s experiences at the U.S. Military Academy, his triumph over adversity, and his commitment to success forged the mold for his future achievements as an Army officer, even as the United States slipped further into the degradation and waste of racial intolerance. (20060215)

UNDERSTANDING WEST POINT is author Norman Thomas Remick's successor to his pioneering book, Mr. Jefferson's Academy: The Real Story Behind West Point, which is the one and only work that identifies and proves the heretofore secret Thomas Jefferson-West Point connection. This book, which also includes that pioneering information, gives the penetrating results of the ten year search by Norman Thomas Remick, four years at West Point that tells you the way it is inside those fabled gray granite walls, and six years inside the research halls of libraries to uncover and decipher the code of archival facts that have brought to light a special historic relationship between Thomas Jefferson and West Point. Remick also details how this historic college produces leaders, why it does so the way it does, why America has a West Point to produce Officers when there are easier and cheaper ways to do so, and why Thomas Jefferson founded West Point in the first place. The secret behind why Jefferson founded West Point informs the contemporary controversy over whether America still needs a West Point at a cost of hundreds of millions per year in taxpayer dollars. The book is not only unique in breaking new historical ground but it is also unique in its innovative presentation of true and accurate history. By employing creative nonfiction and the choice of a dramatic dialogue as narrative vehicle, the author gives us something here that is quite different and refreshing as he takes us on a journey through history and philosophy that winds its way from Ancient times to post American Revolution times to show us how the great moral stories of the world shaped Thomas Jefferson, and in turn, shaped America and West Point. The book is also an education, a special kind of education. Because the journey through history uses as its sources the same books Thomas Jefferson himself read that are in his famous library, when you read this book you are learning the same things that he learned. By cleverly converting the difficult history and philosophy contained in Jefferson's books into ordinary language and modern American vernacular, and weaving together hundreds of wonderful poems, anecdotes, and unusual scenarios, Remick has produced a timeless gem on West Point and Thomas Jefferson and leadership and character that will be an enjoyable and engaging and educational experience for years to come for people of all ages and educational levels, not just scholars. As an added bonus: Those who cannot visit West Point will enjoy the sixteen pages that the author has nicely blended into the storyline, including 24 full color pictures, that takes you on a virtual tour of West Point, the place.

West Point, New York, home of the United States Military Academy, is one of the nation's most famous and unique landscapes. Established in 1802 to train engineer officers for the Army, West Point has for over two hundred years produced many of the country's greatest leaders, including Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, and Douglas A. MacArthur. Using nearly two hundred historical photos from the Library of Congress, National Archives, and collections at the United States Military Academy, here is West Point as it was from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. These priceless, black-and-white photos highlight cadets in classrooms, during military training, and on the fields of friendly strife. West Point buildings long demolished are shown as they were when Eisenhower and MacArthur were cadets. Also featured are special occasions such as graduations and visits by presidents, celebrities, and world leaders. This is West Point as you have never seen it, from the early days of photography through world events that thrust the Academy's graduates onto the world stage.