If Not Now, When? by Douglas Century, Jack Jacobs (2008, Hardcover)

Key Details
Author:	Douglas Century, Jack Jacobs
Language:	English
Format:	Hardcover
ISBN-10:	0425223590
ISBN-13:	9780425223598

Size
Length:	292 pages
Height:	9.3 in
Width:	6.3 in
Thickness:	1 in
Weight:	18.4 oz

Publisher's Note
A Medal of Honor recipient looks back at his own serviceÂ?and ahead to AmericaÂ's future.

Jack Jacobs was acting as an advisor to the South Vietnamese when he and his men came under devastating attack. Severely wounded, 1st Lt. Jacobs took command and withdrew the unit, returning again and again to the site of the attack to rescue more men, saving the lives of a U.S. advisor and thirteen Allied soldiers. Col. Jacobs received the nationÂ's highest military award, the Medal of Honor.

Here, with candor, humor, and quiet modesty, Col. Jack Jacobs tells his stirring story of heroism, honor, and the personal code by which he has lived his life, and expounds with blunt honesty and insight his views on our contemporary world, and the nature and necessity of sacrifice.

If Not Now, When? is a compelling account of a unique life at both war and peace, and the all-too-often unexamined role of the citizenry in the service and defense of the Republic.