Cover -- Title -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- PART I. FROM THE MOUNTAINS TO THE PRAIRIES -- 1. Cross-Section of America -- 2. Both Humble and Highly Placed -- PART II. ON POINT -- 3. The Army and the Academy -- 4. Life at West Point -- PART III. WORLD WAR I -- 5. Embryonic Careers -- 6. The Interwar Years -- PART IV. TRUE METTLE -- 7. The Coming of War -- 8. Brave Men and Black Sheep -- PART V. THE CLASS THE STARS FELL ON -- 9. Power and Perspective -- 10. The Long Gray Line -- Endnotes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.