Book description
A former New York Times reporter's year behind the scenes at
the scandal-ridden Air Force Academy
Diana Jean Schemo covered the Air Force Academy's sexual assault
scandal in 2003, one of a series of academy embarrassments that have
included drug use, rape complaints, and charges of evangelical
officers pushing Christianity on cadets of all faiths. Today, the
institution is in flux-a fascinating time to look at the changes being
made and the experience of today's cadets.
Schemo followed a handful of academy cadets through the school year.
From the admissions process and punishing weeks of basic training to
graduation, she shares the triumphs and tribulations of the cadets and
the struggle of the academy's leaders to set their embattled alma
mater on a straighter path.
- Follows cadets in all grades, with insights on day-to-day
academy life and training
- Written by a veteran reporter, two-time foreign correspondent
and Pulitzer Prize nominee, with excellent contacts at the academy
- Includes 38 black-and-white photographs
Like David Lipsky's successful Absolutely American: Four Years at
West Point, this book offers a fascinating window on the
training of our military today. But Schemo's book updates the story:
the seniors were the first class to sign up after the attacks of 9/11,
and the road to graduation, this time, leads to an America at war.
Diana Jean Schemo, a veteran journalist and
foreign bureau chief at the Baltimore Sun and the New York
Times, has covered poverty and child abuse, culture, religion, and
education. Her reports have tracked rebels in Colombia, counterfeiting
in Paraguay, and indentured servitude in Brazil. She has written from
more than twenty-five countries and regions, including Somalia, Iraq,
Israel, and the Amazon. For more, visit www. skiestoconquer. com.
