I believe you assigned this book for us to read because it is a clear representation of what it means and takes to be a great officer in the United States Army. It has taught me a lot of positive and negative attributes of leadership. Sam Damon represents everything that an officer should be, and Courtney Massengale represents everything that you hope your superiors are not. After reading this book I can ask myself, when …showed first 75 words of 1624 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1624 total…Much like an Army will do, as history has proved, take for example Napolean, had he not demanded on marching into Russia, knowing full well winter was coming, perhaps he could have preserved his Army, but his own exceedingly high self-confidence led him to believe he could do it. Perhaps Damon believed that Vietnam would be the end of the U.S. Army if they did not pull out, I guess we will never know.