"A YA memoir of sexual abuse in the Air Force academy, and the author's survival and healing."--Provided by publisher.

Elizabeth D. Samet and her students learned to romanticize the army "from the stories of their fathers and from the movies." For Samet, it was the old World War II movies she used to watch on TV, while her students grew up on Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan. Unlike their teacher, however, these students, cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, have decided to turn make-believe into real life. West Point is a world away from...

"To preserve the memory of their service during the tumultuous 11 years since their commissioning as Army officers, members of the West Point class of 2004 have written The Strong Gray Line. This class has suffered the highest casualty rate since those that graduated during the Vietnam War. In this book, fourteen of their classmates who lost their lives fighting the Global War on Terror are profiled to help the reader gain an understanding of the...

"In every age, a leader's courage uplifts a generation, inspires a nation, and alters the world. For many, that leader was four-star General H. Norman Schwarzkopf; for Gus Lee, that leader was his mentor "The Bear."--Container.