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Zusatztext “[ The Unforgiving Minute ] is one man's story, warmly and credibly told, and its focus is on the idealism that he brought to military service. In Captain Mullaney's mind there is no contradiction between loyally following orders and intelligently wondering what purpose those orders serve. . . . The Unforgiving Minute finds both suspense and pathos in the events that took place under its author's command. Its fierce climactic battle is recreated in searing detail. But what gives this memoir its impact isn't the external events that it describes. It's the inner journey of a man who is at first eager to learn as much as he can from service and scholarship. Later on he learns from his mistakes." — The New York Times “The Unforgiving Minute is a wonderful, beautifully written story of the education and development of a young soldier-scholar, the coming of age of an infantry officer, and the exercise of a small unit leader's responsibilities in a tough, complex, and frustrating situation in Afghanistan. It captures particularly eloquently and movingly the relationships among those who walk point for our nation as part of that most elite of fraternities, the brotherhood of the close fight.” —General David Petraeus, Commander, U.S. Central Command “Craig Mullaney's memoir is a thoughtful, introspective work reminiscent of the great British memoirs of World War I. A thousand years from now, historians wanting to know about life in America after 9/11 would do well to look at this book. Equally important, it is an enjoyable and honest book. Read it.” —Thomas E. Ricks, author of New York Times bestseller FIASCO: The American Military Adventure in Iraq and senior military correspondent, The Washington Post “[Craig Mullaney] ultimately delivers far more than the boy-to-man story that he promised. . . . In this extraordinary book, Mullaney has taken the trouble to look very closely, and has had the courage to discover the limits to his own understanding. Readers will be fascinated to look over his shoulder.” — Washington Post Book World “Craig Mullaney has lived every kind of American life—he has been a working-man's son, a prize scholar, a soldier—and what's come out of it is a classic memoir about what it means to be American. By marching so many terrains, he has covered the subjects central to every life: courage, pain, loyalty, honor, friendship, love and the tests any good life faces, year by year, minute by minute. He has also produced a page-turner, a brutally honest account of West Point life, the innocence-abandoned experiences of an American abroad at Oxford, and ultimately an indelible story of life and death on the battlefield. In words his squadmates might recognize, I recommend The Unforgiving Minute without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion." — David Lipsky, contributing editor to Rolling Stone Magazine and author of the New York Times bestseller Absolutely American “ The Unforgiving Minute is one of the most compelling memoirs yet to emerge from America's 9/11 era. Craig Mullaney has given us an unusually honest, funny, accessible, and vivid account of a soldier's coming of age. This is more than a soldier's story; it is a work of literature." — Steve Coll, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Ghost Wars and The Bin Ladens “Former Army Capt. Craig Mullaney admits up front that, emotionally, he takes after his expressive Irish mother, who is 'incapable of stemming a tear.' Mullaney is less candid and perhaps unaware of his talent for evoking emotion in others. . . . But The Unforgiving Minute is far from heavy and never maudlin. Mullaney's sense of humor is obvious. . . . It is Mullaney's clear-eyed, warm- hearted candor that elicits empathy. . . . This self-effacing frankness makes his coming-...
