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Once an eagle : a novel

The conflict in outlook and strategy between Courtney Massengale, a commissioned officer, and Sam Damon, who has risen through the ranks, is traced throughout the two world wars.

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  • "The conflict in outlook and strategy between Courtney Massengale, a commissioned officer, and Sam Damon, who has risen through the ranks, is traced throughout the two world wars."@en
  • ""Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power. Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking peacetime, intensifies in the deadly Pacific jungles of World War II, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in the last major battleground of the Cold War -- Vietnam. A study in character and values, courage, nobility, honesty, and selflessness, here is an unforgettable story about a man who embdies the best in our nation -- and in us all." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc043/2001058082.html."@en
  • ""Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power. Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking peacetime, intensifies in the deadly Pacific jungles of World War II, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in the last major battleground of the Cold War -- Vietnam. A study in character and values, courage, nobility, honesty, and selflessness, here is an unforgettable story about a man who embdies the best in our nation -- and in us all." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/hc043/2001058082.html."
  • "Once An Eagle is the story of one special man, a soldier named Sam Damon, and his adversary over a lifetime, fellow officer Courtney Massengale. Damon is a professional who puts duty, honor, and the men he commands above self interest. Massengale, however, brilliantly advances by making the right connections behind the lines and in Washington's corridors of power.Beginning in the French countryside during the Great War, the conflict between these adversaries solidifies in the isolated garrison life marking peacetime, intensifies in the deadly Pacific jungles of World War 11, and reaches its treacherous conclusion in the last major battleground of the Cold War -- Vietnam.A study in character and values, courage, nobility, honesty, and selflessness, here is an unforgettable story about a man who embdies the best in our nation -- and in us all."@en
  • "Soldier Sam Damon and his adversary, fellow officer Courtney Massengale try to overcome their lifelong conflicts at the end of the Vietnam War."
  • "Soldier Sam Damon and his adversary, fellow officer Courtney Massengale try to overcome their lifelong conflicts at the end of the Vietnam War."@en
  • "A conflict between two soldiers, Sam Damon and Courtney Massengale, begins in the Argonne; "intensifies in the isolated garrison life between the wars and in the Pacific jungles of World War II; and ominously climaxes in the last major battle of the Cold War--Vietnam."--Cover."
  • "Fictional account of the careers of two U.S. Marines, virtuous Sam Damon and opportunistic Courtney Massengale."
  • "The conflict between the two military leaders is joined in the mud and misery of the Argonne and the jungles of the Pacific. The wife of one leader adds to the tension and truth of this novel."

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  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Válečné romány"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "American fiction"
  • "War stories"
  • "War stories"@en
  • "Military history"
  • "Military history"@en
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Tekstuitgave"

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  • "Once an eagle a novel"
  • "Once an eagle : a novel"
  • "Once an eagle : a novel"@en
  • "Once an eagle"@en
  • "Once an eagle"
  • "曾有一只鹰"
  • "Jednou orel"
  • "美囯之鹰"
  • "Once an Eagle"@en
  • "Odnazhdy orël : roman"
  • "Eens een adelaar"
  • "Meiguo zhi ying"
  • "Once an eagle : [America's war and peace]"
  • "Zeng you yi zhi ying"

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