The Military Academy and Civil Engineering

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface V
3. Contents IX
4. Illustrations XI
5. Strategic Point on the Hudson River 1
6. West Point’s Military Philosophical Society 1802–1812 20
7. Sylvanus Thayer’s Military Academy 36
8. The Military Academy Critics and the Mexican War 61
9. The Military Academy and Civil Engineering 74
10. Cadet Life from Cadet Letters 90
11. Sectionalism 110
12. Turning The Century 134
13. The New West Point 164
14. Physical Education and Athletics 175
15. West Point in World War II 192
16. West Point’s Mission 208
17. Appendices 221
18. Bibliography 229
19. Index 243