A Soldier of the Second Civil War

"If Platoon grabbed yourattention, A Soldier of the Second CivilWar will grab you by the throat. It will also break your heart."-¿ J.D. Wells, author of Ultimate Justice: The Final PenaltyIn August 1968 Daniel Cerrano was likely the most reluctant and embittered of the82,000 plus draft-age young men ordered to report for induction into the UnitedStates Army. By March 1970 he had become a highly decorated combat veteran witha secret so terrible he would have to take it to his grave. ASoldier of the Second Civil War is his story: a shocking,never-before-published account of the most shameful slice of the Vietnam Warand of the most heinous act of treason in the annals of American militaryhistory.A Soldier of the Second Civil Waris an intensely human drama that lays bare the soul of a man and a nation incrisis. It is a tale of inner turmoil and strife, of battered conscience andsensibilities, of manipulation and deceit, of treachery and treason, ofbetrayal and corruption in high places. It is also the gut-wrenching,frighteningly realistic account of one young man's honor, courage and sacrificein the most dishonorable of circumstances.