The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966
by Rick Atkinson
Recommended by Mark Hertling
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"A story of epic proportions [and] an awesome feat of biographical reconstruction."The Boston GlobeA classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twentyfiveyear 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 lovedfrom ...
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