Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat by James R. McDonough

Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat

James R. McDonough

256 pages first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction history hopeful inspiring sad medium-paced

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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,...

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