Soldiers First: Duty, Honor, Country, and Football at West Point (Hardcover) by Joe Drape

from 66usma

As a West Point graduate (1966), I was intrigued by Soldiers First authored by Joe Drape. I was aware of how the football season turned out so I was more interested in learning about the individual cadets whose names I recognized and their motivation for attending West Point. There were a few tra...

from sunni_loves_to_read

O.k. so i won this on goodreads from firstreads. I thought the book was extremely well written, almost too good. I had to re-read through parts of it to fully understand what was going on. I loved the idea that this group of soldiers gave an insightful view on how much they sacrifice to be able t...

from LoriDemange

If American Football-ese is your mother tongue, you will love Joe Drapes' enthusiastic blow by blow accounts of the games played by Army vs Northwestern, or Army vs Northern, or all the others. Joe Drape knows the language of football. I was hoping for more personal insight into the daily grind o...

from purdylm

"Soldiers First" is a chronicle of the 2011 Army football season written by Joe Drape. Mr. Drape was granted unfettered access to the United States Military Academy at West Point football program and reported what he saw and on what the cadets on the football team experienced. I will not spoil an...

from pinklady60

The author tells the story of the young men who attend West Point Military Academy's football program and describe how athletics and the Academy play a role in developing leaders for both military and civilian life. You really need to be a football fan to enjoy this book, because much of it is fi...