author
Robert C. (Robert Charlwood) Richardson
1882–1954
A career Army officer who also wrote vividly about West Point, he spent decades at the center of major American military events from the Philippine–American War through World War II. His best-known book offers an insider's look at cadet life and the traditions of the U.S. Military Academy.
1 Audiobook
West Point An Intimate Picture of the National Military Academy and of the Life of the Cadet
by Robert C. (Robert Charlwood) Richardson
About the author
Born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1882, Robert Charlwood Richardson Jr. graduated from West Point in 1904 and went on to a long U.S. Army career. He served in the Philippines, worked with General John J. Pershing during World War I, and later rose to high command during World War II, including leadership roles in the Pacific.
As a writer, he is best remembered for West Point; An Intimate Picture of the National Military Academy and of the Life of the Cadet, published in 1917. The book stands out for its firsthand feel, drawing on his own experience to explain the academy's routines, discipline, and culture in a lively, accessible way.
Richardson died in 1954. For listeners interested in military history, his work offers both a personal window into West Point and a glimpse of the world that shaped one of the Army's senior officers of the first half of the twentieth century.