Men Of War – The Book

By Ammoland

By Major Van Harl

Wisconsin –-(Ammoland.com)- I am not sure I have ever read a military / combat history related non-fiction book quite like Alexander Rose’s new book Men of War. ( tiny.cc/y6jr7x )

You might already be familiar with Mr. Rose’s work if you have seen any of the AMC cable channel’s series Turn, Washington’s Spies. The show is based on Alexander Rose’s book Washington’s Spies / The Story of America’s First Spy Ring.

Most military history related books deal with the success or failure in battle of the senior leaders in charge of that campaign.

How did General X lead his men in combat against General Y’s opposing force? What were General X’s outstanding attributes and leadership skills that saved the day for his nation, or how did he, as one man seemingly all alone, fail his country?

Well, the truth is, it does not quite work that way.

With the exception of launching an intercontinental missile armed with a nuke warhead that takes out your enemy completely in the first opening minutes of a war, it still does and most likely always will …Read the Rest

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