Praise for Absolutely American: Four Years at West Point "A superb description of modern military culture, and one of the most gripping accounts of university life I have read." -David Brooks, The New York Times Book Review (front cover) "A fascinating, funny and tremendously well written account of life on the Long Gray Line. A mesmerizing and powerfully human spectacle." -Lev Grossman, Time "The addictive Absolutely American is a story that could inspire even non-military buffs." - Newsweek "David Lipsky's up close and personal account of life at West Point is a national service." -Tom Brokaw "It's every author's dream: You write a book that everybody loves…an exhaustive and very human account of West Point and its cadets." -Sara Nelson, The New York Observer "It's almost two in the morning, and I am reading Absolutely American , David Lipsky's account of cadet life at West Point, and I absolutely cannot handle it." - Slate "Immensely rich…A genuinely evocative and wonderfully detailed portrait of an absolutely American institution… A labor of love.

" - Newsday.