In Indochina, in Greece, in Korea and in the mine-covered European terrain, they were the men who were chiseled into fighting professionals. Now, as a decade flickers to an end, they must return to the States to sculpt a new kind of soldier: one that's rigorously tested in a new, simmering war.

"...captures the rhythms of army life and speech, its rewards and deprivations." (Publishers Weekly)