You might also like

More about Once an Eagle

• Book details
• Synopsis
• Trending among others

You get 43 loyalty points

Book synopsis

The phenomenal #1 New York Times bestseller that captured the imagination of a generation

"A remarkable novel… utterly engrossing…. It is an astute study of the mind and character of a good general and a good man. And it is a brilliant inside view of the life of a career officer in peace and war."  — New York Times

"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 a generational saga and 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 lifetime 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 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.

Book details

Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: Once an Eagle
• Author: Anton Myrer
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1312
• EAN: 9780062221629
• ISBN: 0062221620
• ID: 04489253
• Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers
• Weight: 955 g
• Dimensions: 205 × 134 × 68 mm
• Date of publishing: 12. March 2013

Trending among others

---

---

---