Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway convey the brutality and strength of men trying to kill each other. It's crazy how a battle report from the Vietnam War can hold so many transcendent truths about human nature, heroism, and loss that still resonate today. Read it if you wanna know what happened in the Ia Drang Valley in November 1965 or if you wanna know what Hell on Earth really looks, sounds, smells, and tastes like.