Once An Eagle
America's War and Peace
by Anton Myrer
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"Once an Eagle is simply the best work of fiction on leadership in print." --General Martin E. Dempsey, 18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff
"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 11, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in the last major battleground of the Cold War -- Vietnam.
A study in character and values, courage, nobility, honesty, and selflessness, here is an unforgettable story about a man who embdies the best in our nation -- and in us all.
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Once An Eagle: A Novel
May 16, 2000, HarperCollins
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Once an eagle
1997, Army War College Foundation Press
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1889927015 9781889927015
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Once An Eagle: America's War and Peace
October 1976, Berkley Publishing Corporation, published by arrangement with Holt, Rinehart & Winston Inc.
Paperback
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0425033309 9780425033302
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Podnaslov na ov. About the author: Page 916
Once an Eagle (miniseries) Once An Eagle is a 1976 nine-hour American television miniseries directed by Richard Michaels and E.W. Swackhamer.The picture was written by Peter S. Fischer and based on the 1968 Anton Myrer novel of the same name.. The first and last installments of the seven-part series were each two-hour broadcasts, while the interim episodes were 60 minutes.---Wikipedia
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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.
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