The Unforgiving Minute
The Unforgiving Minute

Author: Craig M. Mullaney

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2009-02-19

Total Pages: 418

ISBN-13: 1440686270

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“The Unforgiving Minute is one of the most compelling memoirs yet to emerge from America's 9/11 era. Craig Mullaney has given us an unusually honest, funny, accessible, and vivid account of a soldier's coming of age. This is more than a soldier's story; it is a work of literature." —Steve Coll, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and The Bin Ladens "One of the most thoughtful and honest accounts ever written by a young Army officer confronting all the tests of life." —Bob Woodward In this surprise bestseller, West Point grad, Rhodes scholar, Airborne Ranger, and U. S. Army Captain Craig Mullaney recounts his unparalleled education and the hard lessons that only war can teach. While stationed in Afghanistan, a deadly firefight with al-Qaeda leads to the loss of one of his soldiers. Years later, after that excruciating experience, he returns to the United States to teach future officers at the Naval Academy. Written with unflinching honesty, this is an unforgettable portrait of a young soldier grappling with the weight of war while coming to terms with what it means to be a man.

Commanding the Army of the Potomac
Commanding the Army of the Potomac

Author: Stephen R. Taaffe

Publisher: Modern War Studies

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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"Stephen Taaffe takes a close look at this command cadre, examining who was appointed to these positions, why they were appointed, and why so many of them ultimately failed to fulfill their responsibilities. He demonstrates that ambitious officers such as Gouverneur Warren, John Reynolds, and Winfield Scott Hancock employed all the weapons at their disposal, from personal connections to exaggerated accounts of prowess in combat, to claw their way into these important posts." "Once there, however, as Taaffe reveals, many of these officers failed to navigate the tricky and ever-changing political currents that swirled around the Army of the Potomac. As a result, only three of them managed to retain their commands for more than a year, and their machinations caused considerable turmoil in the army's high command structure."--BOOK JACKET.

New Army Officer's Survival Guide
New Army Officer's Survival Guide

Author: Levi Floeter

Publisher:

Published: 2018-02-12

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13: 9781940771403

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A one-stop shop for many of the questions and concerns that cadets and junior officers have as they enter a career in the U.S. Army, the New Army Officer's Survival Guide: Cadet to Commission through Command is the advice-equivalent to a double espresso for junior Army officers; it's simple, it doesn't take long to get through, and it provides results. New Army Officer's Survival Guide: Cadet to Commission through Command comprises advice gained from the author's first-hand experiences in two separate Company Commands totaling over forty-one months paired with current Army resources and doctrine. Floeter covers many lessons that most officers learn the hard way as a means to help junior officers succeed. New Army Officer's Survival Guide: Cadet to Commission through Command provides an overview of Army ROTC, a detailed walkthrough of skills needed by Junior Officers across the Army, and a consideration of the intangible measures of successful Commanders, explaining techniques and possible leadership styles or methods to utilize in common situations. It wraps up with four Annexes: Useful gear for the field and office; officer branch and Basic Officer Leader Course information; common acronyms and phrases, and a list of each Punitive Article of the UCMJ. Levi J. Floeter combines dozens of resources into a single easily-readable volume that a cadet or junior officer can carry with them for reference. Floeter's crisp and clear writing style makes this book a great complement current to Army doctrine and regulations.

The Other End of the Spear
The Other End of the Spear

Author: John J. Mcgrath

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2011-09-16

Total Pages: 121

ISBN-13: 1105056155

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This book looks at several troop categories based on primary function and analyzes the ratio between these categories to develop a general historical ratio. This ratio is called the Tooth-to-Tail Ratio. McGrath's study finds that this ratio, among types of deployed US forces, has steadily declined since World War II, just as the nature of warfare itself has changed. At the same time, the percentage of deployed forces devoted to logistics functions and to base and life support functions have increased, especially with the advent of the large-scale of use of civilian contractors. This work provides a unique analysis of the size and composition of military forces as found in historical patterns. Extensively illustrated with charts, diagrams, and tables. (Originally published by the Combat Studies Institute Press)

Army Records
Army Records

Author: William Spencer

Publisher: A&C Black Business Information and Development

Published: 2008-04-04

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13:

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Concerns the records in the Army of Great Britain.