Publisher's Synopsis
THE LIEUTENANTS
They were the young ones, the bright ones, the ones with the dreams. From the Nazi-prowled wastes of North Africa to the bloody corridors of Europe, they honorably answered the call. War-it was their duty, their job, their life. They marched off as boys and they came back-those who made it-as soldiers and professionals forged in the heat of battle....
THE CAPTAINS
It was more than an incident. It was a deadly assault across the 38th parallel. It was the Korean War. In the fear and the frenzy of battle, those who had served with heroism before were called again by America to man the trenches and sandbag bunkers. From Pusan to the Yalu, they drove forward with commands too new and tanks too old, brothers in war, bonded together in battle as they had never been in peace....
THE MAJORS
Dien Bien Phu. Saigon. Hanoi. In 1954, they were only exotic names from a French campaign halfway around the world. But now American fighting men-proven on the bloody beaches of Normandy and in the minefields of Korea-are summoned to help beat back the guerilla forces of Ho Chi Minh. To some, the "secret" war in Indochina was the depth of folly. To others, like the majors, it pointed to the heights of glory....
