Thomas Jefferson's Military Academy: Founding West Point

ISBN-13: 9780813941011 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 256 str.

Robert M. S. McDonald

Opis

Why did Thomas Jefferson, who claimed to abhor war and fear standing armies, in 1802 establish the United States Military Academy? Thomas Jefferson's Military Academy is the most comprehensive treatment to date of the origins, purposes, and legacies of Jefferson's school on the cliffs above the Hudson River.