otori: Although from a different perspective - US vs. UK - both Masters' Man of War and Myrer's Once an Eagle both tell the tale of a soldier in WWI going on to become a general in WWII. Both are hampered by a fellow officer who tries to frustrate them in their career. Both are well worth reading although the tactical scenes appear to me better developed in Man of War. The fact that Masters was a Lieutenant Colonel in the Indian Army and Myrer a USMC Corporal might have something to do with it.… (mehr)