Post by davep on Aug 28, 2010 17:43:55 GMT -5
Once an Eagle
This was a mini-series in the 70's it follow a military family from WWI through to Vietnam
Once an Eagle is one of the most important military novels ever written. In its stark and realistic descriptions of men in combat, it ranks with Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front (Fawcett Books, New York, 1995) and Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage (Tor Books, New York, 1997). In its penetrating analysis of human and technical challenges and leadership and command's moral dilemmas, it is a fitting companion to Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny (Little Brown and Co., New York, 1992) and C.S. Forester's The General (The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988).
This was a mini-series in the 70's it follow a military family from WWI through to Vietnam
Once an Eagle is one of the most important military novels ever written. In its stark and realistic descriptions of men in combat, it ranks with Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front (Fawcett Books, New York, 1995) and Stephen Crane's The Red Badge of Courage (Tor Books, New York, 1997). In its penetrating analysis of human and technical challenges and leadership and command's moral dilemmas, it is a fitting companion to Herman Wouk's The Caine Mutiny (Little Brown and Co., New York, 1992) and C.S. Forester's The General (The Nautical & Aviation Publishing Co., Inc., Baltimore, 1988).
