The Warrior’s Character: Leadership Wisdom From West Point’s Cadet Prayer

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This book is the product of several stout hands, the absence of any of which would have prevented its creation. They are the USMA Class of 1946, which initiated a project to bring renewed emphasis to the Cadet Prayer at West Point; the USMA staff and faculty, which responded with alacrity to the opportunity to strengthen character development of cadets and officers; the Academy’s leaders, who provided an environment richly receptive to intellectual inquiry; and, lastly, those who sacrificed personally so that this volume could come to fruition.

In the fall of 2002, three members of the USMA Class of 1946 banded together to seek renewal of the traditional prominence of the Cadet Prayer in West Point life. Though the three represented ...