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The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point's Class of 2002
Henry Holt and Co.
September 2008
On Sale: September 16, 2008
384 pages ISBN: 080508679X EAN: 9780805086799 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction
The dramatic story of West Point’s class of 2002, the first
in a generation to graduate during wartime They came to West Point in a time of peace, but soon after
the start of their senior year, their lives were
transformed by September 11. The following June, when
President George W. Bush spoke at their commencement and
declared that America would “take the battle to the enemy,”
the men and women in the class of 2002 understood that they
would be fighting on the front lines. In this stirring
account of the five years following their graduation from
West Point, the class experiences firsthand both the
rewards and the costs of leading soldiers in the war on
terror. In a Time of War focuses on two members of the class of
2002 in particular: Todd Bryant, an amiable, funny
Californian for whom military service was a family
tradition; and Drew Sloan, the hardworking son of liberal
parents from Arkansas who is determined to serve his
country. On the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan, Todd,
Drew, and their classmates—the army’s newest and youngest
officers—lead their troops into harm’s way again and again. Meticulously reported, sweeping in scope, Bill Murphy Jr.’s
powerful book follows these brave and idealistic officers—
and their families—as they experience the harrowing reality
of the modern battlefield. In a Time of War tells a vivid
and sometimes heartbreaking story about courage, honor, and
what war really means to the soldiers whose lives it
defines.
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