Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point

Soldier's Heart

Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point

By
Elizabeth D. Samet
Elizabeth D. Samet
2007 • 271 pages

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A West Point English professor discusses teaching literature to young men and women preparing for war, describing the changes that have occurred since September 11, what it means to be a civilian teaching at a military academy, and what books and movies mean to her students.

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Everyone who wants to understand West Point in the “here and now” should read this book. Dr Samet is an institutional treasure.

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