Historic Photos of West Point

Historic Photos of West Point
by Eugene J Palka, Jon C Malinowski PH.D.

Historic Photos of West Point
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Author: Eugene J Palka, Jon C Malinowski PH.D.
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-02-01
ISBN: 1596524162
Number of pages: 204
Publisher: Turner

Book Reviews of Historic Photos of West Point

Book Review: Nearly 200 B&W photos of West Point from 1850 to 1959 printed in large format
Summary: 5 Stars

There are few places in America with a deeper sense of tradition than the military academy at West Point. It is from the classes of cadets at West Point and the other military academies that our nation's officers are largely drawn. This volume shows us a couple of hundred photographs from 1850 through 1959.

The authors, Eugene Palka and Jon Malinowski have close ties to the academy and know its traditions well. They have provided wonderful section introductions and captions for the photos. We see a great many of the corps training in the field, in the classroom, some of their living conditions, and the evolving campus.

The four sections are:

Civil War and Social Change (1850 - 1899)
Decades of Change (1900 - 1918)
Between Two Wars (1919 - 1939)
The Long Gray Line In War and Peace (1940 - 1959)

The source for each photo is also provided in a back section of notes on the photographs.

I appreciate the large format and good quality printing for each photo so we can see quite a bit of detail. Handsomely done book that will be of interest to those who appreciate our military heritage and American History.

Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI

Summary of Historic Photos of West Point

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.

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