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Includes a New Afterword by the Author

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
A USA Today Best Book of 2007
A Christian Science Monitor Best Book of 2007

What does it mean to teach literature to a soldier? How does it prepare a young man or woman for combat? At West Point, Elizabeth Samet reads classic and modern works of literature with America's future military elite, and in this stirring memoir she chronicles the ways in which war has transformed her relationship to the books she and h...

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Biography Literature History Education Military Biography Literary Criticism Military History United States History Individual Colleges & Universities General & Miscellaneous Literary Criticism United States Armed Forces United States History - Northeastern & Middle Atlantic Region General & Miscellaneous Military Biography Literary Criticism - General & Miscellaneous Army - United States Armed Forces New York (State) - State & Local History United States Armed Forces - Organization & Management United States Colleges & Universities - Middle Atlantic States New York Times Notable Nonfiction of 2007 Christian Scientist Monitor's Best Memoirs of 2007 USA Today's Best Books of 2007 2007 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Winners Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest Best Books of the Year Best Books of the Year 2007 New York Times Best Books of 2007 Christian Science Monitor's Best Books of 2007 USA Today's Best Books of 2007 Other Awards Los Angeles Times Book Prizes All Winners by Year - Los Angeles Times Book Prizes Winners by Category - Los Angeles Times Book Prizes

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

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