Jeff Schloesser Author of "Marathon War"
Jeff Schloesser is a retired Army Major General who commanded the 101st Airborne Division for thirty-three months, including fifteen months in combat in Afghanistan. In his thirty-four year Army career he served in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kosovo, Albania, Kuwait, Haiti, Jordan, South Korea, and twice in Germany.
MARATHON WAR Leadership in Combat in Afghanistan
By Jeff Schloesser
Major General, U.S. Army Retired
War is the most brutal of human endeavors, and I have experienced enough war to know to take cover when politicians and poets and armchair warriors speak extravagantly of patriotism and national honor.