Two brothers--Chuck and Tom Hagel--who went to war in Vietnam, fought in the same unit, and saved each other's life. They disagreed about the war, but they fought it together. 1968. America was divided. Flag-draped caskets came home by the thousands. Riots ravaged our cities. Assassins shot our political leaders. Black fought white, young fought old, fathers fought sons. And it was the year that two brothers from Nebraska went to war. In Vietnam, Chuck and Tom Hagel served side by side in the same rifle platoon. Together they fought in the Mekong Delta, battled snipers in Saigon, chased the enemy through the jungle, and each saved the other's life under fire. But when their one-year tour was over, these two brotherscame home side-by-side but no longer in step--one supporting the war, the other hating it. Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and his brother Tom epitomized the best, and withstood the worst, of the most tumultuous, shocking, and consequential year in the last half-century. Following the brothers' paths from the prairie heartland through a war on the far side of the world and back to a divided America, Our Year of War tells the story of two brothers at war--a gritty, poignant, and resonant story of a family and a nation divided yet still united.

Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided

Biographies & Memoirs

Bolger, Daniel P.

Leaders & Notable People

Da Capo

Discusses American military capabilities and operations undertaken since the end of the Vietnam War, detailing the tactics, the planning, the leadership, and the political realities that lead to the rise of the "limited engagement."

Americans at War 1975-1986: An Era of Violent Peace

History

Americas

Random House Value Publishing

The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich

Two months after D-Day, the Allies found themselves in a stalemate in Normandy, having suffered enormous casualties. Troops were spent, and American tankers, lacking the tactics and leadership to deal with the terrain, were losing their spirit. General George Patton needed an officer who knew how to break the impasse and roll over the Germans - he needed one man with the grit and the vision to take the war all the way to the Rhine. He selected Maurice Rose, the son of a rabbi. Here, Daniel P. Bolger, offers up a lively, dramatic tale of Rose's heroism.

Dutton Caliber

A general-turned-historian reveals the remarkable battlefield heroics of Major General Maurice Rose, the World War II tank commander whose 3rd Armored Division struck fear into the hearts of Hitler's panzer crews.\n“The Panzer Killers is a great book, vividly written and shrewdly observed.”—The Wall Street Journal\nTwo months after D-Day, the Allies found themselves in a stalemate in Normandy, having suffered enormous casualties attempting to push through hedgerow country. Troops were spent, and American tankers, lacking the tactics and leadership to deal with the terrain, were losing their spirit. General George Patton and the other top U.S. commanders needed an officer who knew how to break the impasse and roll over the Germans—they needed one man with the grit and the vision to take the war all the way to the Rhine. Patton and his peers selected Maurice Rose.\nThe son of a rabbi, Rose never discussed his Jewish heritage. But his ferocity on the battlefield reflected an inner flame. He led his 3rd Armored Division not from a command post but from the first vehicle in formation, charging headfirst into a fight. He devised innovative tactics, made the most of American weapons, and personally chose the cadre of young officers who drove his division forward. From Normandy to the West Wall, from the Battle of the Bulge to the final charge across Germany, Maurice Rose's deadly division of tanks blasted through enemy lines and pursued the enemy with a remarkable intensity.\nIn The Panzer Killers, Daniel P. Bolger, a retired lieutenant general and Iraq War veteran, offers up a lively, dramatic tale of Rose's heroism. Along the way, Bolger infuses the narrative with fascinating insights that could only come from an author who has commanded tank forces in combat. The result is a unique and masterful story of battlefield leadership, destined to become a classic.

Describes the experiences of a group of soldiers in the intensive simulated combat exercises at the Army's National Training Center

Dragons at War: Land Battles in the Desert

Military

Ballantine Books

Describes the experiences of a group of soldiers at the intensive simulated combat exercises at the Army's National Training Center

Dragons at War: 2-34 Infantry in the Mojave

Engineering & Transportation

Engineering

Presidio Pr

Discusses American military capabilities and operations undertaken since the end of the Vietnam War, detailing the tactics, the planning, the leadership, and the political realities that lead to the rise of the "limited engagement."

Americans at War, 1975-1986: An Era of Violent Peace

Today America endeavors to keep the peace, no easy task on a planet torn by fighting. The news media feeds us haunting images of our less-than-peaceful world - ethnic cleansing in former Yugoslavia, killings in Somalia, bloody upheaval in Haiti. Americans see the misery and feel compelled to do something. And, when asked by the United Nations, it seems it is the obligation of a superpower to take up the challenge. As always, Uncle Sam's young soldiers, sailors, aviators, and Marines answer the call. It wasn't supposed to turn out this way. When the Berlin Wall crashed down in November 1989, many imagined that world peace had finally arrived. Yet it wasn't the dawn of global concord glowing at the horizon, but the blaze of internecine conflagration as long-suppressed tribal hatreds flared to the surface. Around the globe, Third World countries lurched into revolution. America responded. Now these sad circumstances have become our problems, each with its price tag - blood, treasure, and prestige. Where will it all lead? Daniel Bolger, a serving professional soldier and aspiring military historian, tackles the thorny subject of "peacekeeping." He examines the historical perspective, the political and military context of today's missions, and what all this tells us about the role of America in the future world order. Bolger's insightful, intelligent analysis reveals the reality behind today's shocking media images.

Savage Peace: Americans at War in the 1990s

Presidio Press

At the JRTC, soldiers are trained for war in a setting so real you can almost smell the smoke.

The Battle for Hunger Hill: The 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment at the Joint Readiness Training Cente r

Death Ground: Today's American Infantry in Battle

“An informative and thought-provoking history of recent infantry operations with reasoned glimpses of its possible future.” –DR. SHAWN WHETSTONE Military Heritage “This is [Colonel Bolger’s] most significant work to date, important both for students of the contemporary U.S. Army and for general readers– even those normally uninterested in military affairs. Bolger documents the infantry’s change over the past sixty years from a mass force of citizen soldiers to a small body of elite professionals. He presents each currently existing type of infantry–paratroopers, air assault, mechanized, light, rangers, and marines. . . . In each case study, Bolger emphasizes the quality and preparation, making it quite clear that will without skill and motivation without competence are certain routes to disaster. . . . While praising today’s infantry as the best the country has ever fielded, Bolger raises the prospect that the U.S. military, by emphasizing technology and economy, will leave the country with an elite infantry too small to sustain heavy losses and too specialized to be quickly replaced.” –Publishers Weekly DEATH GROUND Today’s American Infantry in Battle From the Paperback edition.

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Our Year of War: Two Brothers, Vietnam, and a Nation Divided

Americans at War 1975-1986: An Era of Violent Peace

The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich

The Panzer Killers: The Untold Story of a Fighting General and His Spearhead Tank Division's Charge into the Third Reich

Dragons at War: Land Battles in the Desert

Dragons at War: 2-34 Infantry in the Mojave

Americans at War, 1975-1986: An Era of Violent Peace

Savage Peace: Americans at War in the 1990s

The Battle for Hunger Hill: The 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment at the Joint Readiness Training Cente r

Death Ground: Today's American Infantry in Battle