Remembering West Point

by Eugene J. Palka (Text by), Jon C. Malinowski (Text by)

Overview

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 200 years produced many of the country’s greatest leaders, including Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, and Douglas A. MacArthur. With a selection of fine historic images from their best-selling book, Historic Photos of West Point, Eugene J. Palka and Jon C. Malinowski provide a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the development of West Point. With over 100 photos from the Library of Congress, National Archives, and the United States Military Academy, Remembering West Point shows the academy as it was from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. These black-and-white photos highlight special occasions, demolished and existing buildings, and cadets in class, during military training, and on the fields of friendly strife. This is West Point as you have never seen it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781683369059
Publisher:	Turner Publishing Company
Publication date:	06/14/2010
Series:	Remembering
Pages:	134
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Jon C. Malinowski, Ph.D, is Professor of Geography at the United States Military Academy, West Point, New York. He is a 1991 graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and a 1993 and 1995 graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned masters and doctoral degrees in geography. He has coauthored or edited numerous books, including The Spirit of West Point: Celebrating 200 Years and the widely cited Summer Camp Handbook.

Eugene J. Palka graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a B.S. and a commission in the Infantry, and earned an M.A. in geography from Ohio University and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has authored or coauthored many military books, book chapters, and professional articles, and has coauthored publications with his colleague and long-time friend, Jon C. Malinowski, including The Spirit of West Point: Celebrating 200 Years (Black Dome Press, 2001). Dr. Palka is currently Professor and Head of the Department of Geography & Environmental Engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point.