"The true story of how six cadets from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point set out to steal the billy goat mascot from their rival, the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, interwoven with a narrative about the private lives of West Point cadets in the early 1960s."--Provided by publisher.

SPNSS, 0010 hours, 21 November 1965 -- High aspirations -- Beast -- Plebes at last -- Holiday cheer -- Christmas dinner -- World politics -- SPNSS, 0025 hours, 21 November 1965 -- Buckner -- Cold steel -- Army field training -- Yearlings -- Goethe -- SPNSS, 0030 hours, 21 November 1965 -- Cow year -- Firsty year -- The adventure begins -- Recon run -- Decision time -- In flight -- Hallelujah! -- Caravan crisis -- Laying low -- Inside connections -- Time to deliver -- Betrayal -- Falling on our swords -- The shadow of the guillotine -- The commandant of cadets -- Vietnam veterans memorial -- The engineer -- Pension asset management -- Saving Apple's cookies -- Taking Baghdad -- Rocket man.