Once an Eagle -- Anton Myrer, Paperback

"Once an Eagle is simply the best work of fiction on leadership in print." --General Martin E. Dempsey, 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Required reading for West Point and Marine Corps cadets, Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self-interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power. Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking peacetime, intensifies in the deadly Pacific jungles of World War II, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in the last major battleground of the Cold War--Vietnam. Now reissued with a new foreword by acclaimed historian Carlo D'Este, here is an unforgettable story of a man who embodies the best in our nation--and in us all.

Author: Anton Myrer
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 03/12/2013
Pages: 1312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.95lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.30w x 2.40d
ISBN: 9780062221629

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.2
Point Value: 66
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 42968 / Once an Eagle