| This is a book you will never forget. It isabout the U. S. Army, the huge un-wieldly organism on which much of thenation s survival depends. It is aboutAmericans trying to live personal lives.to cling to touchstones of faith and hopein the grip of the blind, bluuderoushistory of the last 25 years. It is aboutmarriage, the illusions and hopes thatpeople bring to it, the struggle to main-tain and renew commitment. On June 5, 1950, graduation day atWest Point, Joanna Welsh of Cincin-nati, poet and idealist, walks beneathan arch of shining sabers, the bride ofPeter MacArthur Burke. one of thestars of Army s perenially victoriousfootball team. Within minutes she isfollowed by Amy Kemble, the cool,tough-minded Philadelphia heiress.who has married George Rosser. asomewhat bland but clever Califor- nian. Next comes red-haired Honor Prescott of Charlesville. Virginia, gid- dily in love with Adam Thayer of Maine, who hides his brilliance and his reckless idealism behind a stream ofjokes and comic impersonations. |
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