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Feb 04, 2003 | ISBN 9780891418009 Buy *This format is not eligible to earn points towards the Reader Rewards program
Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9780307416384 Buy
Mar 04, 2003 | 115 Minutes Buy
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Feb 04, 2003 | ISBN 9780891418009
Dec 18, 2007 | ISBN 9780307416384
Mar 04, 2003 | ISBN 9780739304013
115 Minutes
A remarkable memoir of small-unit leadership and the coming of age of a young soldier in combat in Vietnam.’"Using a lean style and a sense of pacing drawn from the tautest of novels, McDonough has produced a gripping account of his first command, a U.S. platoon taking part in the ‘strategic hamlet’ program. . . . Rather than present a potpourri of combat yarns. . . McDonough has focused a seasoned storyteller’s eye on the details, people, and incidents that best communicate a visceral feel of command under fire. . . . For the author’s honesty and literary craftsmanship, Platoon Leader seems destined to be read for a long time by second lieutenants trying to prepare for the future, veterans trying to remember the past, and civilians trying to understand what the profession of arms is all about.”–Army Times
Colonel James R. McDonough, USA (Ret.), graduated from West Point and served in Vietnam as an infantry platoon leader in the legendary 173rd Airborne Brigade. A military theorist who has helped shape the post–Cold War army’s thinking, he is also… More about James R. McDonough
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