📗 Libro en inglés PLATOON LEADER: A MEMOIR OF COMMAND IN COMBAT

This story of a young man''s indoctrination into combat as an infantry platoon leader in the famed 173rd Airborne Brigade has become a classic in the literature of America''s war in Vietnam. Reissue. 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."-"