Company Commander Vietnam

Vietnam has been called the "company commander's war" -- these were the young officers who ran the war on a day-to-day basis, making life and death decisions in the jungles, rice paddies, and villages. Estep quickly learned what it meant to be a leader of men: to comfort an 18-year-old who had killed for the first time; to give confidence to an intimidated platoon leader; to revitalize the morale of a "hard-luck" company; to gain the trust of his crusty first sergeant; and, most of all, to confront and conquer his own fears. Company Commander Vietnam is an honest and compelling story, unexcelled in its ability to help a new generation understand the complexities and realities, and the painful paradox of the Vietnam War.