Inscribed by author

Poetry on various topics including author's experience in Vietnam War

From back cover:
"Joseph T. Cox, Ph.D., is the author of The Written Wars: American War Prose Through the Civil War published by Archon Books. He is currently the Headmaster of the Haverford School in Haverford, Pennsylvania. A thirty-year United States Army veteran, Cox commanded from the platoon to battalion level in the 5th Infantry Division, the 82nd Airborne Division, and the 101st Airborne Division, and served as an Academy Professor at The United States Military Academy at West Point.

The eighth Headmaster in the School’s history, Joseph T. Cox led The Haverford School from 1998-2013. A 30-year career Army officer, he retired with the rank of Colonel. When in the Army, he served in Vietnam, commanded a battalion in the 101st Airborne Division, and finished his military career as a tenured English professor at West Point. Cox earned a bachelor’s degree from Lafayette College and a master’s and Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Joe is the author of The Written Wars, an anthology of early American war prose and a volume of poetry, Gardens Close. He has has published poetry in numerous journals and is a frequently published essayist.

He has served as president of the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools (PAIS), secretary of the International Boys’ Schools Coalition (IBSC), and as chairman of the Lafayette College Board of Trustee’s Academic Affairs Committee. He serves on the Advisory Council of the Penn Center for Educational Excellence and The Rock School for Dance Education academic advisory. He has served on the board of Philadelphia City Year and has been a University Mentor in Penn’s Graduate School of Education.

Cox was an active member of The Headmasters’ Association and the Country Day Headmasters’ Association. Married to author Kathy Stevenson, they have four grown children."