Gives a brief retrospect of the various steps covering developments from the earliest days to the present [1943] at the United States Military Academy in all the important features of cadet life, education, and training. The closing section offers sketches, to the degree possible in this state of flux due to the war, of the foreign couterparts of West Point. Highlights to this edition's additional information is the changes to the air training program, the 3-year course, and the location of additional training facilities acquired since March 1941.

Although Jefferson feared the potential power of a standing army, the contributors point out he also contended that "whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace." They take a broad view of Jeffersonian security policy, exploring the ways in which West Point bolstered America's defenses against foreign aggression and domestic threats to the ideals of the American Revolution." "Thomas Jefferson's Military Academy should appeal to scholars and general readers interested in military history and the founding generation."--BOOK JACKET.