Absolutely American

New York Times Bestseller: A “fascinating, funny and tremendously well written” chronicle of daily life at the US Military Academy ( Time ).   In 1998, West Point made an unprecedented offer to Rolling Stone writer David Lipsky: Stay at the Academy as long as you like, go wherever you wish, talk to whomever you want, to discover why some of America’s most promising young people sacrifice so much to become cadets. Lipsky followed one cadet class into mess halls, barracks, classrooms, bars, a