Quote Originally Posted by Ken White View Post
I also recommend both as being universal in the care and feeding of Troops -- and how little it really takes in the way of neat high speed stuff to do the job -- if you know what you're doing. Amazon has both: Quartered Safe Out Here. Great read by a superb writer. With the Jocks. No punches pulled, he describes the bad and the good.

I'd also recommend:

The Right Kind of War. Marine Raider tale of WW II. Well done. Different Corps today but some things don't change...

Not A Good Day To Die. Afghanistan 2002, a how not to do it...
Definitely second "Not a Good Day to Die." Michael Lee Lanning's Vietnam journals are also interesting when it comes to care and feeding of troops.

For an interesting fiction twist you might try "The 13th Valley." It's a fictionalized version of 101st ABN combat operations in Vietnam in the early 1970s. Has some interesting observations about the difficulty of leading and motivating troops in an unpopular war. Just about anything by Leonard Scott is worth reading, but especially "The Hill" and "The Expendables."