Platoon Leader: A Memoir of Command in Combat
Col. James McDonough, USA (Ret.), graduated from West Point and served in Vietnam as an infantry platoon leader in the legendary 173d Airborne Brigade. A military theorist who has helped shape the post-Cold War army’s thinking, he is also the author ofThe Defense of Hill 781andThe Limits of Glory. Now retired from active duty, McDonough lives with his family in Tallahassee, Florida.