Once an Eagle - Hardcover

Myrer, Anton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060196963 ISBN 13: 9780060196967

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2000

Synopsis

First released in 1968, the best-selling account of twentieth-century warfare spans the years between the World Wars through the early Vietnam War era, following the military careers of commander Sam Damon and political opportunist Courtney Massengale. 60,000 first printing.

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Review:

"Myrer was an excellent storyteller...Once An Eagle is that very rare thing, a genuine ideological novel. When one of these becomes standard issue to the Corps of Cadets we would be remiss if we ignored it."--New York Review of Books

"Beautifully written...masterpiece...description of firefights by far the best I have read...Once An Eagle gave me a real life...closer to the real scene than any other I know."--George S. Patton - MG, U.S. Army

"An ambitious, magnificently vivid novel...compelling. The battle scenes are among the finest I have ever read."--The Atlantic

"Remarkable . . . utterly engrossing. Myrer is a superb storyteller."--New York Times

"A powerful, provocative and strongly-written novel...and an implied warning to the nation...One hopes that the Chiefs of Staff in Washington will read it with care."--Cincinnati Enquirer

"Accurate and appealing. The most brilliant and moving description of men in battle I have read... Truly a great book."--Hugh B. Hester - BG, U.S. Army

"I would pick up Once An Eagle rather than Norman Mailer any day for a clue as to what is going on in Vietnam."--Baltimore Sun

"At long last we have what critics have been saying was lost to modern novels--an honest-to-God hero...a natural."--Harpers

"I fully understand why Once An Eagle has become a classic novel of war and warriors. Sam Damon doesn't preach, he lives his values and they are universal not only military."--General H. Norman Schwarzkopf, US Army Retired - Commander in Chief Desert Storm

"Never read anything that depicts army life and the battlefield with such deep appreciation...superb account...artistry and sensitivity."--Eugene A. Salet - MG, U.S. Army

From the Back Cover:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0060196963
• ISBN 13: 9780060196967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 938