show bio Bill Murphy Jr

Bill Murphy Jr. is an attorney and former Army Reserve officer. He has reported from Iraq for The Washington Post and served as a research assistant to Bob Woodward on the bestselling State of Denial. He also authored “In a Time of War: The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point’s Class of 2002.”

In A Time of War: A Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point's Class of 2002
Date: 11/12/2008

Bill Murphy Jr. discusses his new book, “In a Time of War: The Proud and Perilous Journey of West Point’s Class of 2002,” the first in a generation to graduate during wartime. The book chronicles the five years following graduation when the class experiences firsthand both the rewards and the costs of leading soldiers in the War on Terror.