Highland Falls is America
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Authors
Fust, George
Issue Date
2019
Type
Scholarly papers
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West Point , Highland Falls NY
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Abstract
In 1957 Samuel Huntington published a highly influential book called the Soldier and the State. In the last paragraph he famously wrote “Highland Falls [represents] the American spirit at its most commonplace…today America can learn more from West Point than West Point from America.” This passage was controversial at the time and even cost Huntington tenure at Harvard. The book would go on to influence generations of civil-military relations scholars. While the sentiment may have been accurate in the 1950s, today’s Highland Falls represents everything America should be. It is true that West Point is the core of the Army’s values. It is also true that they are the guardians of freedom...
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Fust, George, "Highland Falls is America" (2019).
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USMA