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Once an Eagle

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Once an Eagle

Auteur(s): Anton Myrer
Narrateur(s): Grover Gardner
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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 his career 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.

A study in character and values, courage, nobility, honesty, and selflessness, here is an unforgettable story about a man who embodies the best in our nation - and in us all.

Anton Myrer (1922–1996) enlisted in the US Marine Corps following the attack on Pearl Harbor and served for three years in the Pacific. Wounded on Guam, he returned to Harvard, graduated, and began an illustrious literary career, during which he wrote such memorable novels as The Big War, The Last Convertible, and A Green Desire.

©1968, 1996 Anton Myrer (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fiction Fiction de genre Historique Militaire Protecteur Romance Guerre

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“A remarkable novel…Utterly engrossing. Myrer is a superb storyteller, one of the few gifted novelists now writing who cares about the art of narration and is a master of it…A grim, exciting, and almost overwhelming account of twentiethcentury war. It is an astute study of the mind and character of a good general and a good man. And it is a brilliant inside views of the life of a career officer in peace and war.” ( New York Times)
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So many of the challenges and difficulties and internal struggles of the characters resonated with me. The story itself is engaging and interesting. Throughout there are many astute observations about the world and what outcomes are expected. Highly recommed

On leadership and what it means to be a "Good Soldier"

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I can see why this is mandatory reading for USMC and West Point. Hopefully it continues to be available.

Profound!

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I listened to this book while working 12 hour shifts operating equipment. The hours flew by. There are so many vivid and unforgettable characters. The narration is excellent. I loved it.

A masterpiece

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I bought this book based off of Maj Richard Winters' recommendation in his book Beyond Band of Brothers. The protagonist is rather too idealistic to be realistic but there are good examples of leadership throughout the book. The combat scenes are vivid and intense but the interwar years don't provide much of a juicy story.

Intense combat scenes, tame interwar years

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One of my favorite books with an excellent and dramatic narration by Grover Gardner. I hope Audible will record some of Anton Myrer's other novels. A provbing look at Charature, Courage and Leadership. The contrast between the two main proponents brings them both to life. Highly reccomended.
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A great novel and an excellent performance

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Myrer does a clinical dissection of the post WWI American military from the infantry on up to their high command. Its a given that this novel must have pissed off the US govornment by exposing very thinly veilled truths about foreign policy and its key decision makers at the time. Now we have political division and indifference driving both heightened politcal power for those in-office, allowing for their key export of war to fly under the radar of those content to squabble over more trivial donestic issues. Same old world we live in now. Sad how such an otherwise charmed species continues down such an awful path...

An accurate mirror even still...

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The poor prestation of the narrator made sure I didn't get hung up on the book.

Annoying

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