James R Mcdonough: 2 books
Platoon Leader
A Memoir of Command in Combat
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
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...
The Defense of Hill 781
An Allegory of Modern Mechanized Combat
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2010
“Brilliant, hardhitting description of modern war on the U.S. Army’s premier training ground. A must-read tactical primer for today’s warrior.”—John C. “Doc” Bahnsen, Brigadier General, USA (Ret.)
At the turn of the century a small, humorous book on tactics was published. The...