Fight or Flight: An Inspiring History of Courage Under Fire--True Battlefield Stories Of...

By Geoffrey Regan

Book Overview

Drawing on soldiers' diaries, memoirs, and letters, military historian Geoffrey Regan explores the concept of courage in battle as well as the thin line that separates military heroism from cowardice.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0380780194
• ISBN13: 9780380780198
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 277 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The Other Side of the Story

The majority of books about war and military fighting gloss over or ignore the troops and their emotions and reactions. For example both Eisenhower and Bradly gloss over the military debacle of WWII, the extended battle in the horror of the Hurtgen Forest in late 1944. The terrain there was (and is) incredibly difficult. This battle, fought for no good reason, seriously drained the fighting strength of the American Army and set up the scenario for the Battle of the Bulge. Regan covers this battle among others in a short but vivid manner. Afterall, this battle was the cause of the only GI executation of WWII, that of Pvt Eddie Slovik. Charles Whiting, in his book, "The Battle of the Hurtgen Forest" goes into greater detail but Regan does an adequate job capsulizing the battle in just twelve pages. Regan's review of other battles are equally well done and thought provoking. For the budding military historian, this book should be on the "must read" and own list.