Book Description
"A remarkable novel . . . it is a brilliant inside
view of the life of a career officer in peace and
war."--Orville Prescott, Dean of American reviewers, The
New York Times
Once An Eagle may be America's War and Peace
and Anton Myrer its contemporary Tolstoy."--Edward
Weeks, The Atlantic
Once An Eagle is truly a classic. It causes us to
reflect on core values . . . of moral and physical courage
for young American warriors."--Gen. Henry H. Shelton,
U.S. Army
This epic tale of war and warriors is the dramatic story
of power, compassion, raging fear, pain, and the terrible
price of combat. This now-classic novel canvasses in depth
those unique characteristics of military leadership in a
representative democracy that have escaped examination
elsewhere. Once an Eagle is more than a powerful study
of combat; it is a narrative of the challenge of change to
the enduring values that have guided the American military
professional since 1776.