Carved from Granite

The United States Military Academy at WestPoint is one of Americas oldest and most reveredinstitutions. Founded in 1802, its first and onlymission is to prepare young menand, since1976, young womento be leaders of characterfor service as commissioned officers in the UnitedStates Army. Carved from Granite is the story of how West Pointgoes about producing military leaders of character.As scholar and Academy graduate Lance Betrosshows, West Points early history is interestingand colorful, but its history since then is far morerelevant to the issuesand problemsthat face theAcademy today. Betros describes and assesses how well West Point hasaccomplished its mission not hesitating to exposeproblems and challenge long-held assumptions.Here is the most authoritative history of the modernUnited States Military Academy written to date.