A comprehensive guide to the principles that helped shape Moore's success both on and off the battlefield. They are strategies for the outnumbered, outgunned, and seemingly hopeless. They apply to any leader in any organization - business or military.
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 is We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young. In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. How these men persevered--sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up--makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating. General Moore and Joseph Galloway, the only journalist on the ground throughout the fighting, have interviewed hundreds of men who fought there, including the North Vietnamese commanders. This devastating account rises above the specific ordeal it chronicles to present a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge, dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor.
I am Cal Adams -- what does that mean?Sixteen years oldBlack hairBlue eyesShortGay.For Cal, coming out is explosive, but that is nothing compared to the fallout from his family, friends and foes. When events in Cal's life reach critical, he is shaken to his core. Can he rely on his loved ones to help avoid meltdown?
The authors receive letters from readers wanting to know what's happened to the characters of We Were Soldiers Once And Young (1992). This title answers these questions. It takes us back to the battlefields by the commanders and veterans of both sides.
They Were Soldiers showcases the inspiring true stories of 49 Vietnam veterans who returned home from the 'lost war' to enrich America's present and future.
A young trans woman lies in a coma, and with the help of Special Agent Javi Merlo, Cloister Witte unearths a conspiracy of corruption. But Javi's past is also coming to light, and it could complicate his relationship with Cloister.
Boyd blames himself for the disappearance of Sammy Calloway fifteen years ago. Now police claim they've found him, but is Morgan Graves really Sammy? Can they cut through the web of suspicion and grief to find the truth?
When Kurt Gödel published his celebrated theorem, showing that no axiomatization can determine the whole truth and nothing but the truth concerning arithmetic, it had a profound impact on mathematical ideas and philosophical thought. A. W. Moore places the theorem in its intellectual and historical context, explaining the key concepts and misunderstandings.
From Alan Moore, literary figures from throughout time and various bodies of work are brought together to form the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen! Now, the history and origins of the League are revealed in THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN: BLACK DOSSIER!
Journey to Nowhere is political thriller set in the mid-1960s against the backdrop of swinging London and a political system at odds with the changing lifestyle of the times.A body is found in the snow on a quiet suburban street on Christmas Eve. For Inspector Keane it seems a straightforward hit and run case. But his problem is that the victim’s wife refuses to accept he is dead - and her stubborn denial triggers an unexpected and deadly chain of events.It is only when Inspector Keane realises that the hit and run death, and other seemingly unconnected accidents, might conceal something altogether more sinister, that his problems really begin.And out there, somewhere in the shadows, is an organisation that seems to be planning more than mere protests about the increasingly free and easy British society and the drifting ship that is Britain in the 1960s.It becomes a race against time as Keane’s past catches up with him when he crosses swords with a former colleague from the days when they both worked in the grey area where police and intelligence operations meet.