Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point
by David Lipsky
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Author: David LipskyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2004-05-11
ISBN: 1400076935
Number of pages: 384
Publisher: Vintage
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"Absolutely American" is a stunning look on the inside of a fortress of American Spirit, sheltering, or, in West Point's preferred parlance, "developing" a handpicked crowd of teens for the responsibility of military leadership. The author's observations and information emerging from the cadets paint a picture of how a military mindset is formed. Social and emotional manipulation, loyalty/patriotism, friendship and worship from the psychological basis that, in combination with rigourous rules, physical exhaustion and academic demands, leads to a range of approved interaction styles and attitudes. I admire the cadets' courage and candour, their conviction of the rightness of their paths and their dreams, as well as a surprising [to me] sense of realism regarding the "regular" life they were sacrificing.
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