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The Long Gray Line: The American Journey of West Point's Class of 1966

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"Enormously rich in detail and written with a novelist's brilliance . . . A very moving book." --James Salter, The Washington Post Book World

A classic of its kind, The Long Gray Line is the twenty-five-year 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 loved--from the boisterous cadet years, to the fires of Vietnam, to the hard peace and internal struggles that followed the war. The rich cast of characters also includes Douglas MacArthur, William C. Westmoreland, and a score of other memorable figures. The class of 1966 straddled a fault line in American history, and Atkinson's masterly book speaks for a generation of American men and women about innocence, patriotism, and the price we pay for our dreams.

An immediate New York Times bestseller upon its original publication, the twentieth anniversary edition includes a new foreword by the author.

Author Information

Rick Atkinson

Rick Atkinson was a staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post for twenty years. He is the bestselling author of An Army at Dawn, The Long Gray Line, In the Company of Soldiers, and Crusade. His many awards include Pulitzer Prizes for journalism and history. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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Product Details

  • Published by

    Holt Paperback

  • Publish Date

    October 01, 2009 

  • Print ISBN

    080509122X

  • eBook ISBN

    9781429979047

  • Imprint

    Holt Paperback

  • Filesize

    1.47 MB

  • Number of Print Pages*

    624

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