The Long Gray Line (1991) The Long Gray Line , this epic 1989 nonfiction narrative, follows the West Point class of 1966 from idealism to Vietnam. Rick Atkinson has written… Fiction

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The Long Gray Line, this epic 1989 nonfiction narrative, follows the West Point class of 1966 from idealism to Vietnam. Rick Atkinson has written the saga of a generation's bloody coming-of-age, and yet there's not a moment of moral complexity or a surprising perception in the book. B-

Originally posted Mar 08, 1991 Published in issue #56 Mar 08, 1991 Order article reprints