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by Colonel Jack Jacobs (Author)
Every American fighting man and woman share one thing in common: they have all survived basic military training. Basic tells the story of that training.
Medal of Honor recipient Col. Jack Jacobs and David Fisher recount the funny, sad, dramatic, poignant, and sometimes crazy history of how America has trained its military, told through the personal accounts of those who remember the experiences as if they happened yesterday.
Author Biography
In addition to his Medal of Honor, Col. Jack Jacobs (Ret.) received three Bronze Stars and two Silver Stars. He is the Vice Chairman of the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation, holds the McDermott Chair of Humanities and Public Affairs at the United States Military Academy at West Point, and is an on-air analyst for NBC News. He is author of the Colby Award-winning memoir, If Not Now, When? He lives in New Jersey.
David Fisher is the author of more than fifty books, including many New York Times bestsellers. He lives in New York.
