Chronicles the exploits of a small group of infantrymen from the First Air Cavalry division, who defended a helicopter landing zone against an overwhelming number of North Vietnamese troops
S.L.A. "Slam" Marshall was a veteran of World War I and a combat historian during World War II. He startled the military and civilian world in 1947 by announcing that, in an average infantry company,
A first-hand account of the battle which became legendary in the annals of combat--a dramatic true story of war at its most brutal...and of military valor at its best."A distinguished contribution to
Marshall delivers an unflinching history of the war that was supposed to end all wars, examining the blunders that made the conflict inevitable, as well as the end treaty that laid the groundwork for
An on-the-spot history of a fight in the Pacific during World War lI, Island Victory was the first battle history written by then-Lieutenant Colonel S. L. A. Marshall, a veteran of World War I who wou
Marshall delivers an unflinching history of the war that was supposed to end all wars, examining the blunders that made the conflict inevitable, as well as the end treaty that laid the groundwork for
A "full-dress history of the war by one of our most distinguished military writers" (NEW YORK TIMES), WORLD WAR I takes us from the first shots in Sarajevo to the signing of the peace treaty in Versai