Historic Photos of West Point
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 two hundred years produced many of the country's greatest leaders, including Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, and Douglas A. MacArthur.
Using nearly two hundred historical photos from the Library of Congress, National Archives, and collections at the United States Military Academy, here is West Point as it was from the mid-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. These priceless, black-and-white photos highlight cadets in classrooms, during military training, and on the fields of friendly strife. West Point buildings long demolished are shown as they were when Eisenhower and MacArthur were cadets. Also featured are special occasions such as graduations and visits by presidents, celebrities, and world leaders. This is West Point as you have never seen it, from the early days of photography through world events that thrust the Academy's graduates onto the world stage.
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Book details
- Author
- Eugene Palka
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Published
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › Military › Pictorial
History › Military › United States - Topics
- United States Military Academy · military history · historical photography · cadet life · American military education · New York history
- ISBN-13
- 9781683369936
About the authors
EUGENE J. PALKA is a Colonel in the United States Army and a professor of geography who has authored or co-authored more than 15 books on cultural, historical, environmental, and military geography.
Palka holds a B.S. from the United States Military Academy at West Point, an M.A. in geography from Ohio University, and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served as Professor and Head of the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at West Point before becoming Director of Student-Athlete Academic Services at Eastern Kentucky University.
JON C. MALINOWSKI is a Professor of Geography at the United States Military Academy, West Point, and the author of The West Point Landscape: 1802–1860.
Malinowski holds a B.S.F.S. from the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Geography from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught at West Point since 1995 and has co-authored and edited numerous books, including a biography of Sylvanus Thayer.
Jon was raised in Springfield, Vermont.