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.
Colonel Cole C. Kingseed is a thirty-year Army veteran who served in a variety of command and staff positions. He earned his M.A. in national security and strategic studies from the U..S. Naval War College and his Ph.D. in history from The Ohio State University. He taught at West Point, where he served as chief of military history. Kingseed is the author of 100 articles on corporate and military leadership and 325 book reviews. A New York Times best-selling author of Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, he is president of his own leadership consulting firm, The Brecourt Leadership Experience, inc., whose clients, to name a few, include General Electric, Eaton Corporation, International Paper, and Bayer Corporation. Kingseed lives in Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York.
"Cole Kingseed has put together an enjoyably readable anthology of U.S. Army leaders, from the American Revolution to the Vietnam War. Filled with leadership examples and hard to put down, everyone will find some wisdom in this book's pages. Highly recommended for both the professional and the casual reader."--Kevin M. Hymel, author of Patton's War, An American General's Combat Leadership, Volumes 1 and 2 "Brotherhood of the Brave is a masterful study of leadership revealed under pressure. With the eye of a historian and the heart of a soldier, Cole Kingseed brings America's warriors to life, not as legends, but as human beings who learned, adapted, and endured. This is history that sharpens judgment and strengthens character."--Colonel Christopher D. Kolenda, Colonel, U.S. Army Ret., author of Leadership: The Warrior's Art, and Zero-Sum Victory: What We're Getting Wrong About War "Colonel Cole C. Kingseed is one of a rare breed. He is a soldier historian with proven credentials in each profession. Kingseed writes with empathy for soldiers that is sorely lacking among academic historians. When he writes the reader sees what goes on inside the blue arrows depicted on maps. Brotherhood of the Brave is a must for soldiers and provides gritty insight for those who have not seen the elephant."--Colonel Gregory Fontenot, U.S. Army Ret., author of No Sacrifice Too Great: The 1st Infantry Division in World War II and On Point: The US. Army in Operation Iraqi Freedom "Every soldier and aspiring soldier should read Brotherhood of the Brave. Cole Kingseed's superb essays remind us that our military is a living historical community, and it falls upon younger generations of servicemen and women to preserve the legacy of courage and excellence that they inherit from those who went before them."--H.R. McMaster, Lieut. Gen. (U.S. Army, ret), author of Dereliction of Duty, Battlegrounds, and At War with Ourselves "These compelling pages exude the wisdom that comes from years of study and hard-earned personal experience. No historian knows more about American military leadership than the remarkable Colonel Cole Kingseed. Authoritative and well-written, Brotherhood of the Brave is a truly outstanding treatise on the generals who have led generations of Americans in time of war. Highly recommended!" --John C. McManus, Ph.D., author of To the End of the Earth: The U.S. Army and the Downfall of Japan
