PDF Clever Adulteress and Other Stories: A Treasury of Jain Literature by From Mosaic Press in History

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“Brilliant; hardhitting description of modern war on the U.S. Army’s premier training ground. A must-read tactical primer for today’s warrior.”—John C. “Doc” Bahnsen; Brigadier General; USA (Ret.)At the turn of the century a small; humorous book on tactics was published. The Defense of Duffer’s Drift quickly became a bestseller and today is still widely read. The Defense of Hill 781 is a modem version of this classic—a tactical primer with ample funpoking; but with serious lessons to be learned. Lt. Col. A. Tack Always Finds himself in the California high desert; alone; disheveled; confused. A guide soon appears to inform him of his situation: He has died and is now in Purgatory (his humility in the Army was somewhat lacking) where he must atone for past sins. Purgatory is; aptly; the U.S. Army’s National Training Center (NTC); and Lt. Col. Always may earn his way out by completing a successful mission. Through a series of six missions; the reader plans and fights with Lt. Col. Always; making the split-second decisions that determine victory or defeat; life or death. Through successive difficulties; some important lessons are burned into the commander’s brain—lessons about tactics; about people; about what it takes to fight a winning battle. Like Duffer’s Drift this book is a valuable resource for all military tacticians. For the armchair general; it is a fascinating look at how the members of a military unit work together in combat.