Once An Eagle
America's War and Peace
About this book
**Required reading for West Point 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.**
Here is an unforgettable story of a man who embodies the best in our nation—and in us all.**
Subjects
- 20th century
- 3 wars
- american
- america's war and peace
- anton myrer
- army
- basement classics
- death
- disrespect
- duty
- fiction
- fiction, historical, general
- fiction, war & military
- great war
- historical
- history
- honor
- lack of respect
- leadership
- literature
- military
- military history
- mutilation
- no self-indulgence
- no self-interest
- once an eagle
- self-indulgence
- self-interest
- soldiers
- us army
- usa solidiers
- vietnam war
- war
- wars
- washington power
- wwi
- wwii