<p>There’s a great book which I read recently written by a woman on the English faculty at West Point. It’s about reading the literature of war and warriors and the myths of war with the students at West Point. She tackles the whole question of whether war is still heroic and character building and the resonance that this literature (from the epic of gilgamesh up to things like catch 22) has on the west point campus. The book is called “Soldier’s Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War.” It’s phenomenal and she sounds like a great teacher and really interesting woman.</p>