Once a Warrior King vividly portrays the experience of a U. S. Army officer engaged in the counterinsurgency and counterguerilla war in Vietnam. It is the story of a man with a sense of honor and responsibility that extended beyond his immediate command and encompassed the people of the remote village he had been sent to advise and defend. It is a portrait of a compassionate man and a humane soldier. It is the story of the precarious mental and physical balance all soldiers must maintain through the horrors of war, and it is a story especially relevant today as America and its western allies once again face the challenge of unconventional war. If you would understand these challenges and the men who meet them, read this book.