"The Rise and Fall of an American Army. . .is a solid work which, more
descriptive than analytical, offers useful information for the student of the
ground war in Vietnam."

-- Air University Review

"This is one of those books every infantryman should own."

-- Infantry magazine

" Stanton takes ground operations in Vietnam very seriously. . . .Many of
the battles and engagements described. . .were, and remain, virtually
unknown. . . .In these nameless battles, American soldiers and Marines
fought with the same courage and resourcefulness as their fathers in
World War II--and they face many of the same problems. Stanton's
descriptions of the enemy's superb use of camouflage, mortars and rock-
ets, interlocking field of fire and skillfully constructed bunker complexes,
almost impervious to artillery, forcefully remind the reader of Tarawa,
Biak, Peleiiu and Papua. The difference, of course, was that, whereas U.S.
troops in World War II stormed an island or a hill, took their objective and
moved on, American troops in Vietnam often seemed to be in the situa-
tion of storming Tarawa over and over again."

-- Washington Post

"Mr. Stanton's writing. . .gives the reader a terrifying graphic description
of combat in the many mini-environments of Vietnam.

-- New York Times

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