Accidental Soldier - A Reserve Officer at West Point in the Vietnam Era

Informationen zum Autor Richard B. Schwartz is professor of English at the University of Missouri, Columbia. He has also taught at the United States Military Academy, The University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Georgetown University. Schwartz is the author and editor of eleven critical books, and he has also written four novels. This is his second memoir, following the award-winning The Biggest City in America: A Fifties Boyhood in Ohio. Klappentext This book depicts the author's military experiences during the Vietnam Era, first as an ROTC cadet at the University of Notre Dame and finally as an Army veteran teaching in Madison, Wisconsin, focusing upon Schwartz's experience at West Point, its cadets, officer corps and system of education. Zusammenfassung This book depicts the author's military experiences during the Vietnam Era! first as an ROTC cadet at the University of Notre Dame and finally as an Army veteran teaching in Madison! Wisconsin! focusing upon Schwartz's experience at West Point! its cadets! officer corps and system of education. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 I: ROTC Chapter 3 II: Summer Camp Chapter 4 III: Delay Status Chapter 5 IV: The Classroom Today/The Battlefield Tomorrow Chapter 6 V: USMA - the People Chapter 7 VI: USMA - the Program Chapter 8 VII: USMA - the Cadets Chapter 9 VIII: USMA - the Individuals Chapter 10 IX: USMA and Me Chapter 11 X: USMA and the Family Chapter 12 XI: Transitioning Chapter 13 XII: The War at Home Chapter 14 Conclusion Chapter 15 Four Decades Later Chapter 16 Abbreviations, Expressions, and Acronyms Chapter 17 Index

Product details

• Authors: Richard Schwartz, Richard B. Schwartz, Schwartz Richard B.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2009
• EAN: 9780761848356
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-4835-6
• No. of pages: 210
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political administration; Vietnam, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, HISTORY / Military / General, Memoirs, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, c 1960 to c 1970, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Asian History, c 1970 to c 1979, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern warfare, c 1970 to c 1980, Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Vietnam War, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs