Elizabeth Samet
Elizabeth Samet is a professor of English at the U.S.
Military Academy at West Point and author of Soldier's Heart: Reading
Literature Through Peace and War at West Point. The opinions expressed in
this article are the author's own and do not necessarily represent those of
West Point, the Department of the Army, or the U.S. Department of Defense.
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