Brotherhood of the Brave

In these colorful, insightful profiles, Col. Cole Kingseed - former chief of military history at West Point and former collaborator with Maj. Dick Winters of Band of Brothers - tells the stirring history of the U.S. Army through the soldiers, from boots to brass, who have fought, led, bled, and died for their country since 1775.

Highlights include

• Washington and the strategy that won the Revolutionary War
• Alexander Hamilton's indispensable role as aide to Washington
• Grant's against-the-odds emergence as Union general-in-chief
• Pershing and the Doughboys in France during World War I
• Patton's three-year tour in Hawaii
• Eisenhower and MacArthur in the Philippines
• Eisenhower's greatest decisions of World War II
• George Marshall and his knack for finding leaders
• The 2nd Ranger Battalion on D-Day
• Vernon J. Baker, among the first African-Americans awarded the Medal of Honor for World War II heroism
• Hal Moore and the Battle of Ia Drang of We Were Soldiers Once fame

Leadership and character are at the heart of Brotherhood of the Brave, which spotlights the warriors and the wars that have defined the U.S. Army for 250 years. These stories and lessons, told and distilled by one of the army's great historians, will resonate with soldiers and civilians alike.