ARGONAUT BOOKS

Described as one of the finest memoirs to emerge from any war, this book tells with compassion and honesty of the cruelty, bravery and deaths of the men Eugene Sledge fought alongside, and of his own journey from patriotic innocence to battle-scarred veteran. Reviews Of all the books about the ground war in the Pacific, [With the Old Breed] is the closest to a masterpieceThe New York Review of BooksOne of the most arresting documents in war literature.John KeeganEugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed. He became a chronicler, a historian, ...Read More