I have been a civilian faculty member at West Point for roughly the same period covered by Samet, albeit in another discipline (sociology), department (Behavioral Sciences and Leadership), and building (Thayer Hall) but feel confident in writing this review.
2.
"100 Notable Books of 2007,"New York Times, Sunday Book Review, December 2, 2007, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/books/review/notable-books-2007.html?ref=books (accessed November 28, 2007).
3.
David Lipsky, Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 2003).
4.
See Bruce Fleming, Annapolis Autumn: Life, Death, and Literature at the U.S. Naval Academy (New York: New Press, 2005).
5.
Ibid., 113.
6.
The "Thayer Method" refers to a particular pedagogical teaching technique akin to the Socratic method.
