While advertised as an untold biography of Red Cloud, and it does definitely touch on his life, I would say this is more of a history book. Interesting to read, but a bit dry at times.
Whenever something's titled "the last stand of" you know it doesn't end well for whoever's name is unfortunate enough to come after the "of".Bob Drury and Tom Clavin's The Last Stand of Fox Company spotlights a horrendous engagement during the Korean War, the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Extreme free...
small unit action rather than the entire sweep of the war, Drury's well-constructed text proves you can capture an ocean in a wave or a beach in grain of its sand. one outnumbered and surrounded Marine company, ~120 men, hold off several Chinese battalions in bitter cold until, finally, agonizingly,...
At the Marine Museum, four signature 20th Century battles are honored. We all know about 3 of them, Belleau Wood, Iwo Jima, Khe Sanh…but Fox Hill? I had never heard of this battle. The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat is one of the best accounts of a small-unit acti...
Last Men Out: The True Story of America's Heroic Final Hours in Vietnam is a heartbreaking 3-Star read. The last few chapters bring back to life the shame, sorrow, frustration and wasted courage of the war in Vietnam as the Marine Security Guards at the US Embassy evacuate as many as possible as the...
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