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Authors: Harold G. Moore;Joseph L. Galloway
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French forts, 61
Giap’s analysis, 189
last engagement, 147–48
lessons of French to American leadership, 22, 26, 31, 45, 67–68, 130, 131
Moore’s study of, 45, 129–30
Iraq War, xviii–xix
casualties, American, 195
cost of, 194
as failure of leadership, xx, 191–92
getting out of, 192
as mistake, 193–97
risk caused by, 194
Jakarta, Indonesia, 59
Johns, Barbara Geoghegan, 200
Johnson, Lyndon, 32, 200
Johnson, Wilbert, 119
kairos
, 211
Kennedy, Col. Glen, 200
Khmer Rouge, 2, 68, 97, 104
Kinnard, Maj. Gen. Harry W. O., 123
Kipling, Rudyard, 27–28
Knowles, Brig. Gen. Richard, 123
Korea
Moore in (1969) and situation with 7th Infantry, 173–78
postwar occupation, 79, 173–78
racial tensions and drug use, U.S. military, 174–78
Sukchon, 76
Tongduchon, 174–78
Korean War, 131–32
casualties, 190, 192
as failure of diplomacy, 192
French in, 67
Moore in, 69, 74, 131–32, 133, 165, 192, 217
Old Baldy, 192
Plumley in, 74, 75, 76
Pork Chop Hill, 139, 192
trench warfare, 131–32, 138
U.S. weapons captured by Chinese, 45
Larsen, Lt. Gen. Stanley “Swede,” 123–24
Lawrence, Lt. Jim, 67
leadership, 157–85, 189.
See also
war
choosing a commander in chief, 196–97
complacency and inattention, danger of, 172
constantly training and improving, 182–83
cover-up in Vietnam and failure of, 122–24
creating the future, 165–66
decision-making methods, 161
first steps when put in new position, 173, 176–77
four points for harnessing discipline, 165
Gen. Robert E. Lee, 171
“influence situations in your favor,” 163
intuition plus analysis in decision-making, 161
judgment, 170–71
lessons of the French in Indochina ignored, 22, 26, 31, 45, 67–68, 130, 131
listening to staff, 74
love and, 168–69, 195–96
loyalty and, 166, 168–69, 178, 182
maxim on “Nothing’s wrong,” 171–72
Moore’s principles of, 166–67
My Lai massacre as failure of, 56
NCOs as, 73, 74, 76, 178
never overreact, 180
“Never quit,” 163
never say no to yourself, 162
North Vietnamese, 69
planning and reducing risk, 169–70
positive, upbeat persona, 175
“push the power down,” 181–82
reservations and doubt, 161
“skunk at the picnic,” need for, 171
“stack the deck” and questions to ask oneself, 163–64
on stress, 181
Sun Tzu on, 169
three demands a senior executive must meet, 164
trust, earning, 183–85
trusting one’s instincts, 158–59, 173, 209
ultimate responsibility and, 74
U.S., Vietnam War and, 67, 107–8
Vietnam War, no explanation for, 108
war chosen by men who don’t know war, xx
wars as failure of, xx, 188
workable plan, need for, 164–65
Lee, Gen. Robert E., 171
Levy, Tom, 99
Little Bighorn, 8, 67
Longstreet, Gen. James, 171
Lose, Doc Randy, 91, 92
MacMillan, Bill, 99
Man, Gen. Chu Huy, 16, 20, 24, 25, 33
background of, 34–35, 49
at Dien Bien Phu, 33, 34–35, 133, 142
meeting with, 1991, 21–22, 33–37
meeting with, 1993, 48–49
meeting with, 1999, 144
Mang Yang Pass, 67–68, 137
Marm, Col. Walter J. “Joe,” xvii, 200, 208
McDade, Lt. Col. Robert “Bob,” 11–13, 114
McNamara, Robert, 196
Metsker, Capt. Tom (S-2, intelligence officer), 8, 88
MIAs, 27, 60–61, 87
Michaellis, John H., 173–74
Montagnards, 1, 68, 152
Moore, Cecile, 218, 229
Moore, David, 218, 220–21, 229
Moore, Greg, 217, 229
Moore, Lt. Gen. Harold G. “Hal,” 72–74
advice to men, not to celebrate killing, 19–20, 49
background of, 69, 217–18
battle at Ia Drang, 4, 7–11, 19–20, 77–78, 87–92, 133–34
as commander 1st Air Cavalry, 31, 182
desire to talk with North Vietnamese commanders, 20–21
determination and perseverance of, 102, 157–60, 162–63
evolution of book, 14–17
at Fort Ord, California, 178–81
friendship with General An, 68, 69, 98–99
handling of antiwar demonstrators, 179–80
Iraq War and, 193–97
An Khe base memories, 64–67
in Korea, 69, 74, 131–32, 133, 165, 173–78, 192, 217
on leadership, 157–85
at Mang Yang Pass, 67–68
marriage and children, 214–25
meets Galloway, 9–10
meets Giap, 31–33, 44–47, 130
NCOs and, 71–72
night at Ia Drang battlefield, 99, 101–11
in Occupied Japan, 69
as paratrooper, 181–82
planning for an operation, 165
prayer at Ia Drang, 98
recovery of bodies from Ia