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**Elizabeth Dale Samet** (born August 14, 1969) is an author of numerous books, essays, and reviews on [United States](/source/United_States) military history.

## Biography

Samet has been a Professor of English at [West Point](/source/West_Point) since 1997, an experience that has significantly shaped her work. Samet earned her Ph.D. in English literature from [Yale](/source/Yale_University) and her B.A. from [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University). She is the recipient of multiple awards and honors for her work.[1]

Samet's autobiographical book *Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point* describes her experience teaching literature at the [United States Military Academy](/source/United_States_Military_Academy), or West Point, to soldiers preparing to fight a war. In an interview with *Dallas News*, Samet noted that her interest in [Ulysses S. Grant](/source/Ulysses_S._Grant) was what originally piqued her interest in teaching at West Point, as the military commander and president was a West Point alumnus.[2] Her work explores the soldier's experience and the heartbreaking difficulties of losing her former students to war.[3] She also seeks to make a connection between the civilian experience and that of those in the military.[4]

She frequently writes for [The New Republic](/source/The_New_Republic)[5] and [Bloomberg's](/source/Bloomberg_L.P.) publications.[6]

## Works

### Books

- Samet, Elizabeth D. (2021). *Looking for the Good War: American Amnesia and the Violent Pursuit of Happiness*. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 9780374219925. [OCLC 1227087002](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1227087002)
- Samet, Elizabeth D., ed. (2018). *The Annotated Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant*. National Geographic Books. ISBN 9781631492440
- Samet, Elizabeth D. (2015). *Leadership: Essential Writings by Our Greatest Thinkers: a Norton Anthology*. New York: W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 9780393239690. [OCLC 902854149](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/902854149)
- Samet, Elizabeth D. (2014). [*No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America*](https://archive.org/details/nomanslandprepar0000same). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0374222770. [OCLC 869263697](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/869263697)
- Samet, Elizabeth D. (2007). [*Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point*](https://archive.org/details/soldiersheartrea00same). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. ISBN 0374180636. [OCLC 85830737](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/85830737)
- Samet, Elizabeth D. (2004). *Willing Obedience: Citizens, Soldiers, and the Progress of Consent in America, 1776-1898*. Stanford: Stanford University Press. ISBN 0804747253. [OCLC 53215712](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/53215712)

### Other works

- *Thomas Jefferson's Military Academy: Founding West Point*. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press. 2004. ISBN 0813922984. [OCLC 55016997](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55016997)
- McPeak, Rick & Orwin, Donna Tussing (2012). [*Tolstoy on War: Narrative Art and Historical Truth in "War and Peace"*](https://archive.org/details/tolstoyonwarnarr00unse). Ithaca: Cornell University Press. ISBN 0801448980. [OCLC 786161792](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/786161792)
- Samet, Elizabeth (July 6, 2011). ["Happy Birthday, 'Catch-22': Reading the Novel in a Time of War"](https://newrepublic.com/article/politics/91327/catch-22-joseph-heller-birthday-war). *The New Republic*. Retrieved September 22, 2014.
- Samet, Elizabeth (March 25, 2013). ["Bureaucratic Warriors: Is Foreign Policy Any Different When It's Crafted by Veterans?"](https://newrepublic.com/article/112743). *The New Republic*. Retrieved September 22, 2014.

## Awards

- 2012 Hiett Prize in the Humanities[7][2]
- 2012 Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellow[8][9]

## References

1. [*Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point*](https://archive.org/details/soldiersheartrea00same). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. 2007. ISBN 0374180636.

1. Hashimoto, Mike. ["Point Person: Our Q&A with Hiett Prize winner Elizabeth Samet"](https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2012/10/12/point-person-our-qa-with-hiett-prize-winner-elizabeth-samet/). *The Dallas Morning News*. Retrieved 8 May 2025.

1. ["No Man's Land: Preparing for War and Peace in Post-9/11 America"](https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/elizabeth-d-samet/no-mans-land-preparing/). *Kirkus Reviews*. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

1. Lehrer, Jim & Brown, Jeffrey. ["West Point Professor Seeks Paths to a 'Soldier's Heart'"](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/west-point-professor-seeks-paths-to-a-soldiers-heart). *PBS*. Retrieved 6 October 2014.

1. ["Elizabeth D. Samet"](https://newrepublic.com/authors/elizabeth-d-samet). *The New Republic*

1. ["Articles by Elizabeth Samet"](http://www.bloombergview.com/contributors/elizabeth-samet). *BloombergView.com*

1. ["2012 Hiett Prize in the Humanities Recipient"](http://dallasinstitute.org/events/hiett-prize-in-the-humanities/dr-elizabeth-samet/). *The Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture*. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

1. ["Elizabeth D. Samet"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150205071616/http://www.gf.org/fellows/17301-elizabeth-d-samet). *John Simon Guggenheim Foundation*. Archived from [the original](http://www.gf.org/fellows/17301-elizabeth-d-samet) on 5 February 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

1. Simek, Peter. ["The Dallas Institute of Humanities And Culture Awards Dr. Elizabeth Samet $50K Hiett Prize"](http://frontrow.dmagazine.com/2012/09/the-dallas-institute-of-humanities-and-culture-awards-dr-elizabeth-samet-50k-hiett-prize/). *D Magazine*. Retrieved 22 September 2014.

## External links

- [Samet on *Soldiers Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point*](http://www.pritzkermilitary.org/whats_on/pritzker-military-presents/front-center-john-callaway-elizabeth-samet/) at the [Pritzker Military Museum & Library](/source/Pritzker_Military_Museum_%26_Library)

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